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Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan Former PM Jibril Says War-Torn Country Is Ready for Peace

by Jordan Dakamseh | Sep 30, 2017 | Interviews

New York- Libya has drawn in a great deal of attention over the past few years as hopes for reviving peace talks were strengthened after the United Nations adopted a comprehensive settlement. The plan, which began negotiations in Tunisia under the auspices of the UN...

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Fighters of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government walk during reconnaissance patrol in a coastline of Sirte, Libya, July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

ISIS Regroups in Sirte Outskirts as US Strikes Leave Several Militants Dead

by Khaled Mahmoud and Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 30, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- UN-recognized government’s Defense Ministry Spokesman Brigadier General Mohammed Al-Ghasri, speaking in Sirte on Friday, reiterated that ISIS has become a global threat. On that note, the US military has conducted airstrikes against ISIS in Libya this...

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Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, French President Emmanuel Macron and Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar in Paris, July 25, 2017 (REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer)

France Stresses Commitment to ‘Celle Saint-Cloud Agreements’ during Haftar’s Visit

by Michel Abu Najm | Sep 29, 2017 | Middle East

Paris – France is maintaining pressure on the Libyan parties to push for a political settlement, in continuation of the Celle Saint-Cloud summit in July, which brought together Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan armed forces, and Prime Minister...

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Abdulhakim Belhadj, center, gives instructions to his troops in Tripoli, Libya’s capital, on Aug. 22, 2011. (Etienne De Malglaive/Getty Images)

Abdulhakim Bel­hadj’s Journey from Extremism to Political Life

by Sudarsan Raghavan | Sep 29, 2017 | Features

Istanbul- Abdulhakim Bel­hadj has shed his combat fatigues for gray sport jackets and crisp white shirts. He has given up his AK-47 rifle for an election ballot. “My thinking of that time is not a reflection of the way I think now,” the compact 51-year-old said,...

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Ghassan Salame, UN envoy to Libya envoy, addresses members of Libya’s rival factions at a conference in Tunis, on September 26, 2017. Zoubeir Souissi / Reuters

Libyan Parties Set Conditions for Accepting to Amend Skhirat Agreement

by Al-munji al-Saaidani | Sep 29, 2017 | Middle East

Tunis– Libyan political dialogue sessions have focused, for the third consecutive day, on the restructuring of the High Presidential Council, the proposal to elect a president and two vice-presidents, and the future relation between the government of national accord...