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Officials of the former Muammar Gaddafi government sit behind bars during a hearing at a courtroom in Tripoli September 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Stringer)
by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 20, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi expressed fears for his life after the government ordered that he be transferred to Tripoli from Zintan, where he appeared before the Court of First Instance on Thursday, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. A source, speaking to...
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Benghazi residents and Libyan security forces gather around a burning car after an explosion killed the military prosecutor for Western Libya Yussef Ali Al-Asseifar on August 29, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ABDULLAH DOMA)
by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 30, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo/Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libyan military prosecutor Col. Yussef Ali Al-Asseifar was killed in a blast targeting his car on Thursday. According to eyewitnesses, Asseifar died when a bomb planted in his car went off. The Libyan colonel died at the scene, although...