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File photo—Benghazi residents celebrates Martyrs’ Day on September 16, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ABDULLAH DOMA)

Ransom paid to free British hostage in Libya: sources

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 6, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The British government paid a ransom to free British hostage David Bolan, who was kidnapped by Islamist militants in Benghazi last May, informed Libyan sources have told Asharq Al-Awsat. Bolam, who worked at the head teacher of a private school...

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Women take part in a demonstration against the country’s parliament at Freedom Square in Benghazi on August 29, 2014. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)

Almost 30 Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 3, 2014 | Middle East

Benghazi, Reuters—Almost 30 Libyan soldiers were killed and 70 wounded in a double suicide bombing and clashes in the port city of Benghazi on Thursday, medics said. Four people were also killed in a separate attack by suspected Islamists on an army checkpoint in...

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A screengrab taken from a YouTube video shows a member of the Libya Dawn militia diving into a swimming pool from the roof of a building in Tripoli, Libya. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: Libya’s Swimming Militiamen

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 2, 2014 | Opinion

There is a video doing the rounds at the moment of armed militiamen inside a residential compound belonging to the US embassy in Tripoli. The video shows the militiamen jumping into a swimming pool from a balcony while other armed fighters cheer them on. The...

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A building on fire, which witnesses say was hit by a rocket, burns after clashes between rival militias in the Sarraj district in Tripoli August 23, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Airstrikes target Islamist strongholds in Tripoli as militias claim airport

by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 24, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Militias from the Libyan city of Misrata announced their capture of Tripoli’s international airport on Saturday, after more than a month of fierce fighting between them and rival militias from Zintan, while Asharq Al-Awsat received reports of...

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A file photo dated November 16, 2013 shows Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, left, and Libyan Minister of Defense Abdallah Al-Thani attending a press conference with members of the government, in Tripoli, Libya. (EPA/Sabri Elmhedwi)

Libyan parliament sacks prime minister after rebels export oil

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 11, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli and Sidra, Reuters—Libya’s parliament voted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan out of office on Tuesday after a tanker loaded with oil from a rebel-held port escaped the navy, officials said. Zeidan, a liberal weakened for months by infighting with Islamists,...