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Omar Humeidan Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Humeidan: A new revolution would plunge Libya into chaos

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 26, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, the spokesman for the Libyan General National Congress (GNC), Omar Humeidan, said that Libya’s parliamentary body will resume its sessions on Sunday. GNC meetings were temporarily suspended on...

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File photo of former Libyan interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany)

Mahmoud Jibril on Libya’s Political Isolation Law

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jun 20, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former interim Libyan prime minister Mahmoud Jibril informed Asharq Al-Awsat that he respects the controversial Political Isolation Law that was passed by parliament last month, which bans him from political office for ten years, but stressed...

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Libyan gunmen surround the Libyan Justice Ministry demanding a ban against those who worked under the former regime of ousted leader Moamer Gaddafi from holding senior positions on April 30, 2013, in the capital Tripoli.(AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA)

Opinion: Libya’s Political Isolation Law Threatens Destruction

by Daniel Nisman and Roshanna Lawrence | May 10, 2013 | Opinion

It is often said that the great questions of our time will not be settled by speeches and votes, but by iron and blood. It is a maxim that certainly rings true for the question of Libya’s democratic future. With the world’s attention fixated across the Mediterranean...

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File photo of Libya’s Mahmoud Jibril (REUTERS)

Jibril Claims Political Isolation Law will not Benefit Libya

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Mar 13, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mahmoud Jibril, who served as Libya’s interim prime minister and chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), informed Asharq Al-Awsat that the country’s post-revolutionary focus on a political isolation law will not lead to the...