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Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a press conference on January 22, 2014 in the capital Tripoli. Zeidan vowed on January 21 to stay at his post, as Islamist ministers quit in protest at persistent lawlessness that saw him briefly abducted last year. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA

Libya: Government is on the verge of bankruptcy—source

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 25, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Libyan interim government could face bankruptcy as public revenues continue to shrink as the suspension of oil production and exports continues, according to a source in the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Finance official, who spoke to...

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File photo of Saadi Gaddafi. (AFP)

Libya renews calls for Niger to surrender Saadi Gaddafi

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 14, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Niger’s foreign minister, Mohamed Bazoum, said that his country is willing to reconsider Saadi Gaddafi’s legal status as a political refugee, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. The statement comes following renewed calls from Tripoli for...

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Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a press conference on July 31, 2013 in Tripoli. (AFP PHOTO MAHMUD TURKIA)

Libyan Brotherhood threatens to withdraw from government

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 8, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The recent visit by Libya’s interim prime minister, Ali Zeidan, to Egypt has sparked off a political crisis in Libya, with its Brotherhood-affiliated Justice and Construction Party threatening to withdraw from the government in protest against...

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Muhammad Suwan, leader of Libya’s Justice and Construction Party (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In conversation with Libyan Brotherhood’s Muhammad Suwan

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jul 23, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The deposition and death of Muammar Gaddafi opened something of a Pandora’s Box for Libya. No longer forced to live in fear of an unpredictable dictator, its citizens are now struggling through a difficult transitional period, attempting, with...