by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 15, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo – The Libyan capital, Tripoli, once again witnessed an intensified guerilla war, while the Libyan army managed to regain control over the country’s northern port cities of Ras Lanuf and As Sidr. Clashes mainly took place in residential areas to the west of...
by Khalid Mahmoud | Apr 17, 2014 | Business
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya is restarting the process of exporting oil after an eight-month standoff with rebels who blockaded a number of the country’s most prominent ports ended last week following negotiations between the rebels and the Tripoli government. A...
by Khalid Mahmoud | Mar 9, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s interim Prime Minister Ali Zeidan threatened to bomb a North-Korea flagged oil tanker if it ships oil from a port controlled by armed militias outside government control on Sunday. The ship is docked in the port of Sidra, which is one of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2013 | Middle East
Tripoli, Reuters—Libya’s army has told former militia fighters and protesters to end their occupations of oilfields and ports and allow crude exports to restart, saying the OPEC country risked sliding into lawlessness. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has so far failed...
