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New Libyan Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq meets with his ministers for the first time on June 2, 2014 in Tripoli. (AFP PHOTO / Mahmud Turkia)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2014 | Middle East
Tripoli and Benghazi, Reuters—Unidentified gunmen fired a rocket propelled grenade at the office of new Libyan Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq on Wednesday, one of his aides said. Nobody was hurt when the projectile hit the building’s kitchen, located on the same...
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A man looks at a damaged car near a military base in Barsis, some 50 km (30 miles) outside Benghazi, after a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives at an army checkpoint December 22, 2013 (REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 22, 2013 | Middle East
Tripoli, Libya, AP—A suicide car bomb attack on a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Libya’s restive eastern city of Benghazi killed 13 people Sunday, the government said. It was the latest episode of violence to rock the city, the birthplace of...
