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Libyan PM Ali Zeidan arrives at Tunis-Carthage airport on June 12, 2013, for an official visit. (AFP PHOTO/FETHI BELAID)

Libyan Muslim Brotherhood opens door to conciliation

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 10, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat–The higher council of the Libyan Justice and Construction Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, has authorized party leader Mohamed Suwwan to decide whether to withdraw from the government or not, as long as he decides within a...

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People demonstrate to demand the country’s National Congress and transitional government ensure the police and the army carry out their jobs, and that militias are dismantled, in Benghazi May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori

Libyan Islamists plan power-sharing arrangement, say sources

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jun 13, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sources in the Libyan parliament say prominent Islamists from the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafists and the Jihadists, have been discussing the possibility of nominating candidates to share the positions of prime minister and speaker of the...

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General National Congress vice president Jomaa Atiga speaks to the press in Tripoli on June 9, 2013, hours after Libya’s army chief resigned a day after clashes killed 31 people in the eastern city of Benghazi. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA

Libyan government to end militia problem “by force”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 10, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Libyan authorities have decided to bring armed militias under the government’s control after a day of clashes in Benghazi. Sources in the Libyan parliament, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the government would use force if...