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Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani (Asharq All-Awsat)

Libyan PM: International community “procrastinating” over Libya crisis

by Khalid Mahmoud | Nov 10, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Though the situation in Libya has steadily grown more complex and confusing to outsiders since the revolution that toppled Gaddafi with NATO help in 2011, one thing is clear: the country has descended into chaos, with different militias in...

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Libya’s Prime Minister Abdallah Al-Thani speaks to reporters in Abu Dhabi September 10, 2014. (REUTERS/ Stringer)

Libyan militants call on Derna residents to join ISIS

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 7, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s Islamist militant group Jaish Al-Islam has called on residents in the eastern port city of Derna to support the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), sources and local eyewitnesses have told Asharq Al-Awsat. This development, which is...

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Libya’s acting prime minister Abdallah Al-Thinni speaks during a news conference in Tripoli, in this March 12, 2014 file picture. (Reuters/Ismail Zitouny)

Libyan PM takes oath after elected parliament approves new cabinet

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2014 | Middle East

Tobruk, Reuters—Libya’s Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani and his cabinet took the oath of office on Sunday after lawmakers approved the lineup, but will struggle to rule a country where a rival parliament sits in the capital Tripoli. Libya is struggling with...

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Groups of revolutionaries drive their vehicles along a road in Tripoli September 21, 2013. (REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny)

Libya: Military police chief killed in Benghazi

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 19, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The head of Libya’s military police force, Ahmed Al-Barghathi, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen outside of his residence in Benghazi on Friday, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Friday’s assassination was the latest to hit the fragile...