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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
