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Libyan soldiers stand at a military outpost in Wadi Bey, west of the Islamic State-held city of Sirte, February 23, 2016 REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

Libya Needs United Force to Battle ISIS – U.N. Envoy

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 31, 2016 | Middle East

The United Nations special envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, stressed on Tuesday the country’s need for uniting the various military and militia strands in order to defeat the terrorist ISIS organization. A December unity deal was meant to end the rift between opposing...

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Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark. Reuters

New Zealand’s Candidate for Top U.N. Post: Fighting Terror Requires Int’l Cooperation

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | May 24, 2016 | Interviews

Cairo-Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand and its candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General, said that she is qualified and has enough experience to replace U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon. Clark told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the fight...

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Libyan PM Fayez Sarraj, AFP

Libya: GNA Roots Itself Deeper, Elects Al-Swehli Council President

by Khalid Mahmoud | Apr 7, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-The Government of National Accord (GNA), step by step, began anchoring its authority in Tripoli- Capital of Libya- a week after getting inside the city. However, the Tripoli government issued a presidential announcement, in which it irrevocably refused to step...

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Libya unity government leader Fayez Serraj and U.N. representative Martin Kobler, Tunis, A.F.P

Kobler: Libya Needs a Rescue Plan

by Kamal Ben Younes | Mar 23, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Tunis- Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), in declarations made to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper undermined the importance of media and political information leaked on thousands of French,...

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Noureddine Chouchane, a senior operative in ISIS

U.S. Air Raid in Libya Leaves over 40 Dead, Including ISIS Leader

by Khalid Mahmoud | Feb 20, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Cairo- The U.S. air force on Feb.19 clamped down a house believed to harbor a group of extremists in Sabratha city, located in the northwestern corner of modern Libya near borders with Tunisia. The airstrike left 41 dead and 6 injured. Sabratha Mayor Hussein...