by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 19, 2015 | Opinion
“Twenty-six years have passed . . . It is a very long time. Many people died and stories were forgotten . . . ” This is also the view of the parents of the victims who died on the Pan Am plane that exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. This crime represents an...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 26, 2015 | Middle East
Tripoli, Reuters—Turkey is introducing visa requirements for Libyans, Libyan officials said on Tuesday, pushing the North African country deeper into isolation. Turkey had been one of the few countries which Libyans could visit without a visa and became a major...
by Osman Mirghani | Jun 11, 2015 | Opinion
Can anyone claim that they have been taken aback by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) recent attempts to expand within Libya, or by Arab impotence towards stopping the constant collapse of the North African country? Unfortunately, the answer to this...
by Abdul Sattar Hatita | May 22, 2015 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ahmed Gaddaf Al-Dam, cousin and former confidant of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has warned that the West is “beating the drums of war” and preparing for another military intervention in the North African state. The former Libyan...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 16, 2015 | Middle East
Tripoli and Rabat, Reuters—Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognized government carried out airstrikes on Wednesday near the capital Tripoli, which is controlled by its rivals, officials said, as United Nations-brokered peace talks resumed in Morocco....
