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A Libyan man is seen at a fire at the extremist Ansar al-Sharia headquarters. (AFP)

Libya’s Extremist Ansar al-Sharia Dissolves itself

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 29, 2017 | Middle East

The map of terrorist and extremist groups in Libya is being redrawn, six years after the fall of the Gadhafi regime after the Ansar al-Sharia group linked announced that it was formally dissolving itself. The al-Qaeda-linked group said in a statement on Saturday that...

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, Libyan military soldiers fire their weapons during clashes with Islamic militias in Benghazi. (AP Photo/Mohammed El-Sheikhy, File)

Bombs kill 40 in Libya in apparent revenge for Egyptian air strikes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 20, 2015 | Middle East

Benghazi, Reuters—Three car bombs ripped through the eastern Libyan city of Qubbah on Friday, killing 40 people and wounding 70 in what officials described as a revenge attack for Egyptian air strikes on Islamist militant targets. There was no immediate claim of...

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Houthi rebels in police uniform search cars at a checkpoint in Sana’a on November 4, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen’s Houthis using apartments as makeshift prisons: source

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 21, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement is using residential apartments as secret prisons in several cities in Yemen, including the capital, Sana’a, and the northwestern town of Amran, a source told Asharq Al-Awsat, as fighting continued in the north between the...

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An image taken from a video by the official media outlet of Ansar Al-Sharia allegedly shows their militants during a battle in Benghazi. (AFP Photo/al-Raya Media Foundation/HO)

UN impose sanctions on Libya’s Ansar Al-Sharia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 20, 2014 | Middle East

United Nations, AP—The UN Security Council imposed sanctions Tuesday on the Libyan Islamist militant group Ansar Al-Sharia, which took part in the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, for its ties to Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. The council committee...

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File photo of Libya Shield commander Wissam Bin Hamid Bin Hamid. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Libya’s Wissam Bin Hamid: From Mechanic to Warlord

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Aug 6, 2014 | Features

Msaed (eastern Libya), Asharq Al-Awsat—No one could imagine how a simple car mechanic, working at a garage in the eastern city of Benghazi, could in just a few short years find himself in command of thousands of armed fighters. Wissam Bin Hamid, leader of the Muslim...