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Egyptian soldiers examine papers at a crossing point on the Libyan border in November, 2014 (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Deadly Ghosts on Libya’s Border

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Nov 17, 2014 | Middle East

Benghazi, Asharq Al-Awsat—The border between Libya and Egypt has become highly porous and dangerous Asharq Al-Awsat has found, in its first installment in a series on the conflict currently raging between forces loyal to renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar and extremist...

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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 Benghazi. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Sheikhi)

Algerian government in talks with Libyan political factions for peace summit

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Nov 4, 2014 | Middle East

Tobruk, Tunis and Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—Algerian officials are continuing to meet with different political factions in Libya in preparation for a “comprehensive reconciliation dialogue” expected to be hosted later this month in the Algerian capital in order to...

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File photo of Libyan Speaker of Parliament Aqeela Saleh. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

New Libyan Defense Minister to be appointed within days, says parliamentary speaker

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Oct 26, 2014 | Middle East

Tobruk, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libyan Speaker of Parliament Aqeela Saleh said that a new Minister of Defense is set to be appointed within the coming few days, but refused to divulge the name of the ministerial candidate that the Tobruk-based parliament is set to discuss....

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Left to right: Late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (R) walks with his cousin Ahmed Gaddaf Al-Dam, Gaddaf Al-Dam, Muammar Gaddafi (C) walks with former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (R) in Cairo, Egypt, in the early 1970s. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Gaddaf Al-Dam Files: Soup and Green Tea with Sadat

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 23, 2014 | Features

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As one of Muammar Gaddafi’s closest aides, Ahmed Gaddaf Al-Dam—also Gaddafi’s cousin—was often sent by the late dictator to put out fires abroad caused by Gaddafi’s own, often idiosyncratic, foreign policies. However, on one occasion in 1977,...

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Steven Sotloff (R) and Asharq Al-Awsat correspondent Abd Alsittar Heteita (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Steven Sotloff I Knew

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 9, 2014 | Media

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Steven Sotloff stood at a checkpoint east of the Libyan city of Sirte in the sweltering heat of August 2011, not far from where the late dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, was hiding, he probably did not think he would meet a similar fate to that of...