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Militants parade as they raise the Al-Qaeda flag in the city of Derna in Libya (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Al-Qaeda flags raised in Eastern Libya

by Khalid Mahmoud | Apr 6, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libyan militiamen raised the flags of Al-Qaeda in the town of Derna, eastern Libya, in a display of force in defiance of the central government on Saturday. An organization called the Islamic Youth Shura Council—based in Derna, a stronghold of...

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Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz gestures in Moscow on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Libya FM: Tripoli supports Arab counter-terrorism strategy

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 25, 2014 | Middle East

Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz has expressed optimism that the Arab League summit in Kuwait will produce resolutions to help achieve and safeguard Arab unity. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the sidelines of the annual summit,...

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A North Korean-flagged tanker, the Morning Glory, is seen docked at the Es Sider export terminal in Ras Lanuf in this March 8, 2014 file photo. What began late in 2013 as a routine new assignment for Pakistani sea captain Mirza Noman Baig ended in a dramatic night-time rescue as U.S. special forces seized the ship his family said he was forced to operate by Libyan rebels. Picture taken March 8, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Files

Libya plans captured oil tanker’s fate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 22, 2014 | Middle East

London and Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US Navy on Saturday handed over custody of a renegade oil tanker that escaped Libyan territorial waters with a cargo of crude oil illegally loaded by a rebel-held terminal, according to Libyan state news agency LANA. With the...