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...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 14, 2014 | Middle East
Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libyan Prime Minister-Designate Abdallah Al-Thinni resigned suddenly on Sunday, saying in a statement that he feared for the safety of his family after armed men attacked his residence. In his resignation letter to Libya’s interim parliament,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 6, 2014 | Middle East
Tripoli, Libya, AP—Niger on Thursday extradited to Libya one of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Saadi, who fled as his father’s regime crumbled in 2011 and who was under house arrest in the desert West African nation ever since, the government in Tripoli said. The...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 7, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi appeared anxious and agitated in his first television interview since his arrest in 2011. In the brief one-minute interview conducted by Al-Assema TV, Saif Al-Islam confirmed that he is in good health and has been visited...
by Adel Al Toraifi | Oct 21, 2013 | Interviews
Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat—While Libya today remains in a state of turmoil, the uprising against Gaddafi in February 2011 was one of the more surprising aspects of the ‘Arab Spring,’ and was one of the developments that raised hopes highest among observers...
