{{primary sources|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Tripoli Post | image = | type = Weekly newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = {{start date and age|1999}} | ceased_publication = c. {{end date|2016}} | owners = | headquarters = Tripoli Tower, Tripoli | editor = | website = | ISSN = }} The '''''Tripoli Post''''' was a newspaper that claims to have been founded in 1999 during Muammar Gaddafi's period of rule in Libya.<ref name="TripoliPost_AboutUs" />
==Creation== The ''Tripoli Post'' claims to have been founded in 1999.<ref name="TripoliPost_AboutUs" />
==Gaddafi period and 2011 Civil War== Sami Zaptia wrote for the ''Tripoli Post'' for a decade during the Gaddafi period. Many of his articles were not published. During the 2011 Libyan Civil War, Zaptia, frustrated with the lack of freedom at ''Tripoli Post'', quit the paper and helped found a new online newspaper, the ''Libya Herald'', aiming at quality journalism.<ref name="AJE_BuildingMedia" />
==After the 2011 Civil War== The ''Tripoli Post'' continued publishing after the 2011 Civil War<ref name="TripPost_2011_11_25" /> through to early 2016 during the Second Libyan Civil War.<ref name="TripPost_2016_01_02" />
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="TripoliPost_AboutUs">{{cite news | title= The Tripoli Post | date= 2011-11-25 |newspaper= Tripoli Post | url= https://www.tripolipost.com/aboutus.asp |accessdate=2020-02-04 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20111125002729/https://www.tripolipost.com/aboutus.asp |archivedate= 2011-11-25 |url-status=usurped <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped --> |url-access = <!-- (subscription/registration/limited) default=free -->}}</ref>
<ref name="AJE_BuildingMedia">{{cite news | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/05/2012512141942911357.html | title=Building Libya's new media 'from a void' | newspaper=Al Jazeera English | date=12 May 2012 | accessdate=1 September 2012 |url-status=live |archivedate=2012-07-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704073316/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/05/2012512141942911357.html }}</ref>
<ref name="TripPost_2011_11_25">{{cite news | title= (headlines) | date= 2011-11-25 |newspaper= Tripoli Post | url= https://www.tripolipost.com/ |accessdate=2020-02-04 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20111125002315/https://www.tripolipost.com/ |archivedate= 2011-11-25 |url-status=live <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped --> |url-access = <!-- (subscription/registration/limited) default=free -->}}</ref>
<ref name="TripPost_2016_01_02">{{cite news | title= (headlines) | date= 2016-01-02 |newspaper= Tripoli Post | url= https://www.tripolipost.com/ |accessdate=2020-02-04 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160102112119/https://www.tripolipost.com/ |archivedate= 2016-01-02 |url-status=usurped <!-- live|dead|unfit|usurped --> |url-access = <!-- (subscription/registration/limited) default=free -->}}</ref>
}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110901000000*/http://tripolipost.com Archive 2011]
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Category:1999 establishments in Libya Category:Defunct newspapers published in Libya Category:Defunct English-language newspapers published in Africa Category:Newspapers established in 1999 Category:Mass media in Tripoli, Libya Category:Defunct weekly newspapers Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2016