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Saleh Al-Makzom, deputy president of Libya’s General National Congress (GNC), speaks during UN-brokered talks in Skhirat, near Rabat, Morocco, on June 25, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)

Rival Libyan factions meet for first time in UN-sponsored talks

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jun 29, 2015 | Middle East

Rabat and Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s rival parliaments on Sunday met for the first time for talks on a UN-sponsored proposal which would see them sharing power in the war-torn country. Libya currently has two parliaments, the General National Congress (GNC) in...

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A wide view of the United Nations Security Council Chamber in New York is seen March 4, 2015 as Bernardino Léon (shown on screen), the special representative of the UN secretary-general and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Council via video conference on the situation in that country. (AFP Photo/Handout/ United Nations/Mark Garten)

Britain derailing efforts to lift UN arms embargo on Libya: UN representative

by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 8, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo and Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s permanent representative to the United Nations has accused Britain of seeking to derail efforts by the internationally recognized government in Libya to persuade the UN to lift an arms embargo preventing the country’s army from...

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The deputy speaker of the Tobruk-based Libyan parliament Mohamed Shuaib, in January 2015 (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Libyan parliament deputy speaker: Tripoli will join peace talks

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 25, 2015 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As part of UN-brokered efforts, talks between representatives of Libya’s rival factions have been held in the Swiss city of Geneva over the last two weeks in a bid to halt the troubled North African state’s steady slide into chaos and outright...

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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...

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A man leaves a voting booth during a parliamentary election in Benghazi, Libya, on June 25, 2014. (REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)

Libyans vote for new parliament in test for transition

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 25, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, Reuters—Libyans started voting for a new parliament on Wednesday, in an election that officials hope will ease the turmoil that has gripped the country since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi three years ago. The vote is another step in Libya’s transition...