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...
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...
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...
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...
