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Marshal Khalifa Haftar speaks during a news conference at a sports club in Abyar, east of Benghazi May 21, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Western Diplomats Show Rare Support to Libya’s Haftar

by Khalid Mahmoud | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- Armed forces led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar announced a “great victory” against extremist fighters in Libya’s Benghazi earlier on Thursday, which indefinitely entailed adjustments to political stances of diplomats who had long considered Haftar...

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Fayez al-Sarraj speaks at a press conference in Tripoli. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

Sarraj Hints Using Force to End Ghawil’s Tripoli-Based Government

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 24, 2016 | Middle East

Fayez Al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) announced a possible meeting between him and the Libyan National Army (LNA) leader General Khalifa Haftar on Sunday. PM Sarraj also promised to terminate the non-constitutional...

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Libyan protesters gather outside the offices of Muslim Brotherhood-backed Party of Justice and Construction, in the Libyan capital Tripoli on July 27, 2013. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP PHOTO)

Libya’s Most Vulnerable

by Tasbeeh Herwees | Aug 9, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

The Libyan General National Congress (GNC) finally made headway on the formation of the new constitution last month, though detractors representing Libya’s minorities may delay the process once again. The year-long saga of forming a new constitution has frustrated...

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Libyan protesters shout slogans during a demonstration on the Algeria Square to demand the removal of arms and the evacuation of unofficial armed groups and the implementation of the General National Congress (GNC)’s decision on July 7, 2013 in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Source: AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia

A Law unto Themselves

by Jason Pack and Haley Cook | Jul 17, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine

Like its revolutionary neighbor, post-Mubarak Egypt, post-Gaddafi Libya is characterized by continual upheavals in which elected officials are frequently forced to resign. In June, Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) elected Nouri Abusahmain as their new...

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Nouri Abusahmain, the new head of Libya’s General National Congress (GNC), smiles in Tripoli June 25, 2013. (Reuters/Ismail Zitouny)

Nouri Abusahmain: The view from Tripoli

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jul 5, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Nouri Abusahmain is the newly elected president of the Libyan General National Congress (GNC), making him the country’s interim head of state during the current transitional period. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, Abusahmain spoke...