FSS has worked closely with many leading international news agencies over the years, supporting front-line journalists by providing local national ‘fixers,’ security co-ordination, medical support and logistical services.
The ‘Arab spring’ was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. This resulted in an increase in journalist activity in the region, which saw FSS support several major news outlets, documenting these high-risk events.
Coupled with the Arab Spring, Libya was also entangled in a civil war. FSS provided security and medical services to news teams documenting fighting in Libya including within the siege of Misrata, capture of Zimbabwean mercenaries at Benghazi, and air and artillery strikes against Tobruk. FSS ran resupply and personnel rotation runs through Alexandria and Egypt.
