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Qatar’s Sabotage Approach in Libya

by Khalil Ajdoud | May 31, 2017 | Features

Casablanca- As the popular uprising which toppled the regime of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi unfolded, both Nabil Al-Khatib and Fares bin Hazam asked me to return to Tunisia where I stayed a few January weeks as a member of Al Arabia news team. At the time,...

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Newly recruited Houthi fighters ride on the back or a truck during a parade before heading to the frontline to fight against government forces, in Sanaa, Yemen January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Yemen: Two Years in Confronting Iran

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 3, 2017 | Opinion

The Houthis and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s seize of the Yemeni capital Sana’a through the power of arms was the end of the Yemenis’ peaceful uprising and the beginning of the war. Back then, I had no doubt that it would be a long and harsh war –...

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A general view of an oil refinery in Libya’s northern town of Ras Lanuf. Photograph: Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images

Armed Rebels Seize Libya’s Intelligence Department

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Armed men in Libya, loyalist to Libyan Fighting Group, controlled the country’s General Intelligence Department after six years of battles between Muslim Brotherhood and the group. The department contains the database of all passports, entry and exit movement...

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Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. – Reuters

7 Flags and Total Chaos, 6 Years after Libyan ‘Revolution’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2017 | Features

Cairo- Six years ago, several Libyan military and security officials ​proposed to ​t​a​k​e ​urgent measures to stop the intifadas of Tunisia and Egypt ​from crossing Libya’s border despite the rejection of Muammar Gaddafi. When the danger grew, discussions on the...

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A Libyan flag flies as fireworks explode during celebrations after Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government finished clearing Ghiza Bahriya, the final district of the former ISIS stronghold of Sirte, Libya, on Dec. 6, 2016. Photo by Hani Amara/Reuters

U.S. Bombers Hit ISIS Camps in Libya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 19, 2017 | Middle East

U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers carried out air strikes against a couple of ISIS camps outside of Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday night, seeking to neutralize extremists who had escaped the former ISIS stronghold of Sirte, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday. Two U.S....