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Libya budget crisis looms as oil strikes wipe out finances
Libyan protesters hold placards as they demonstrate against the extended mandate of the General National Congress, the country’s highest political authority, in Tripoli’s Martyr square on January 3,...
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Libya restarts El-Sharara oilfield after protest ends
File photo shows pipelines and crude oil storage tanks at an oil refinery in Zawia, 55km west of Tripoli December 18, 2013 (REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny) Tripoli, Reuters—Libya has restarted oil production...
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Libya says all chemical weapons destroyed
Ahmet Üzümcü, left, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli, Libya on February 4, 2014. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia)...
View ArticleDebate: Libya’s institutions cannot facilitate the political transition
You would be wrong if you were to say that Libya’s existing state institutions were capable of halting its slide into chaos and division. Libyans have inherited a daunting legacy from Colonel Muammar...
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A Revolution Adrift
A former revolutionary looks out over the town of Zintan, Libya (Asharq Al-Awsat) Zintan, Asharq Al-Awsat—Every revolution has it: that one seminal moment. In Libya it came with the face of the dead...
View ArticleOpinion: Conspiracy theories that will not die
According to some people, Iraq’s former president Saddam Hussein only invaded Iran during Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini’s rule because he was entangled with foreign parties and only invaded Kuwait after...
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A Dictator behind the Scenes
A picture taken in Gaza city on May 11, 2011, shows Libyan state TV showing footage of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in a meeting. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty) The men who gathered around the television...
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Libya burns cash, halts projects to battle budget crisis
Pedestrians walk past a currency exchange office in central Tripoli March 30, 2014. (Reuters/Ismail Zitouny)Tripoli, Reuters—Libya is burning through central bank reserves and scrapping infrastructure...
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Libya: Gaddafi son questioned via video link in court hearing
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi, is seen on a screen via video link in a courtroom in Tripoli as he attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan, on April 27,...
View ArticleOpinion: Post-Revolution Libya
During the 2011 uprisings against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s 40-year rule, demonstrators raised the tricolor flag of the monarchy. That flag somehow reassured the Libyan people—not because they...
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The Gaddaf Al-Dam Files: Soup and Green Tea with Sadat
Left photograph shows late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (R) walking with his cousin and aide Ahmed Gaddaf Al-Dam in a field (shown in center picture). On the right, Gaddafi (C) walks with former...
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Algerian government in talks with Libyan political factions for peace summit
Members of the pro-government Libyan forces fire towards Islamist militiamen during an attack on districts held by the militias on November 3, 2014 around the port of eastern Libya’s restive city of...
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Car bombs wound at least 20 in east Libya as chaos mounts
Libyan followers of Islamist militias hold a demonstration in Benghazi, Libya, on September 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File) Benghazi, Reuters—Car bombs exploded in eastern Libyan towns under...
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Exiled Libyan leaders discuss anti-Brotherhood efforts in Cairo: leaked document
Smoke billows from the site of clashes on the road leading to the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on July 20, 2014. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia) Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Various political and...
View ArticleOpinion: Oil wealth is no substitute for making good choices
There is a great deal of similarity between the UAE and Libya in terms of their circumstances and natural resources. However, each country chose a different political path that has led to completely...
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Libya’s PM considering resignation: minister
Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani (Asharq All-Awsat) Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Libyan official has revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani may consider...
View ArticleOpinion: Another Arab country is slipping into chaos
On September 25, 2014 Asharq Al-Awsat published my article, “The Costly Neglect of Libya,” which dealt with the deteriorating situation in that country and the absence of coordinated and effective...
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Libya meeting makes faltering start, seeks unity govt
UN special envoy for Libya Bernardino Leon (2nd L) speaks to Libyan delegates prior to talks on January 14, 2015 in Geneva. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini) Geneva and Cairo, Reuters/Asharq...
View ArticleLibya militias capture chemical weapons: army official
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT. Jufra District, Libya, Asharq Al-Awsat—Militias in Libya have seized chemical weapons from arsenals located in the southern and central provinces … continue reading Libya militias...
View ArticleAirstrikes near Tripoli as UN peace talks on Libya resume
From ASHARQ AL-AWSAT. Tripoli and Rabat, Reuters—Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognized government carried out airstrikes on Wednesday near the capital Tripoli, which … continue reading...
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