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Libya’s Prime Minister Abdallah Al-Thani speaks to reporters in Abu Dhabi September 10, 2014. (REUTERS/ Stringer)
by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 7, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s Islamist militant group Jaish Al-Islam has called on residents in the eastern port city of Derna to support the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), sources and local eyewitnesses have told Asharq Al-Awsat. This development, which is...
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Rebels under Ibrahim Jathran unload ammunition from a boat at the Sidra port in Ras Lanuf on March 11, 2014. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)
by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 16, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Libyan National Oil Corporation has declared force majeure in Harega oil port east of the country, saying it is once again unable to fulfill oil contracts after the state was temporarily lifted at the end of October last year. A standoff...