by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2014 | Middle East
Tripoli, Reuters—Libya’s parliament asked Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni on Tuesday to form a new government within a week after the cabinet demanded more powers to tackle the disorder crippling the OPEC country. The weak central government, which must be...
by Khalid Mahmoud | Apr 6, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libyan militiamen raised the flags of Al-Qaeda in the town of Derna, eastern Libya, in a display of force in defiance of the central government on Saturday. An organization called the Islamic Youth Shura Council—based in Derna, a stronghold of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 1, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libyan authorities released three men on Monday who were arrested aboard the rogue Morning Glory oil tanker. The men were detained aboard the tanker when it was seized by US Navy SEALs two weeks ago at the request of the Libyan government,...
by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 12, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following reports that ousted Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan fled the country for Europe on Wednesday, a day after he was removed from office by a non-confidence vote in the Libyan General National Congress, Libyan Defense Minister and acting...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 11, 2014 | Middle East
Tripoli and Sidra, Reuters—Libya’s parliament voted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan out of office on Tuesday after a tanker loaded with oil from a rebel-held port escaped the navy, officials said. Zeidan, a liberal weakened for months by infighting with Islamists,...
