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Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi, is seen on a screen via video link in a courtroom in Tripoli as he attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan, on April 27, 2014. (Reuters/Ismail Zetoun)

Libya: Gaddafi son questioned via video link in court hearing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 28, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—One of the sons of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi appeared by video link at the latest session of his trial on Sunday, together with several other former regime figures on trial for their role in the bloody events of the 2011...

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Pedestrians walk past a currency exchange office in central Tripoli March 30, 2014. (Reuters/Ismail Zitouny)

Libya burns cash, halts projects to battle budget crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 1, 2014 | Business

Tripoli, Reuters—Libya is burning through central bank reserves and scrapping infrastructure projects to overcome its worst budget crisis in decades after the seizure of oil installations by armed groups has reduced the government’s income almost to zero. Oil...

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A picture taken in Gaza city on May 11, 2011, shows Libyan state TV showing footage of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in a meeting. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty)

A Dictator behind the Scenes

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Feb 28, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

The men who gathered around the television screen had been talking and joking without pause for several hours straight, but when Mohammed pressed the ‘play’ button they all fell silent and watched. This was the place they came to every afternoon: a cinderblock shack...

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Iraqi security forces members enter a compound during clashes with al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the city of Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, February 16, 2014. Sunni militancy has been on the rise over the past year, especially in the western province of Anbar, where the army is besieging the city of Falluja, overrun by insurgents on Jan. 1. Picture taken February 16, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)

Opinion: Conspiracy theories that will not die

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 25, 2014 | Opinion

According to some people, Iraq’s former president Saddam Hussein only invaded Iran during Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini’s rule because he was entangled with foreign parties and only invaded Kuwait after receiving his cue from the US envoy in Baghdad. Some argue that...

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A former revolutionary looks out over the town of Zintan, Libya (Asharq Al-Awsat)

A Revolution Adrift

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Feb 17, 2014 | Features

Zintan, Asharq Al-Awsat—Every revolution has it: that one seminal moment. In Libya it came with the face of the dead Muammar Gaddafi, soiled and bloodied and caught in a grainy camera phone photo. It was the image that signified the victory of the rebels over a...