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Libyan Parliament AFP Photo/Fethi Belaid / AFP

Libyan MP: Aguila Saleh is Complicating All Solutions

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Aug 31, 2016 | Interviews

Cairo–Chairman of Parliamentary Health, Economy and Investment Committee MP Ayman Seif al-Nasr said that Speaker Aquila Saleh wants to overthrow the government. During his visit to Egypt as part of a Libyan delegation, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper interviewed Nasr on the...

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Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government patrol the entrance of Sirte as they advance to recapture the city from the Islamic State (IS) group on June 10, 2016 (AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia)

Libya: Political Escalation between the Parliament, GNA

by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 29, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo – Political strife has escalated in Libya after Speaker Aguila Saleh called on Prime Minister of Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj to step down. Saleh told Libya News Agency (LANA) that decisions issued by the presidential council of Sarraj are...

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Chief of Libya’s U.N.-backed government Fayez al-Sarraj

Political Dispute over Post of Libya’s Representative to United Nations

by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 27, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Diplomatic clashes renewed on Friday between Libya’s parliament and the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord headed by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. The parliament had hinted intentions of moving headquarters from the Libyan city of Tobruk, located in the...

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Libyan pro-government forces hold a position as they fight to clear the Islamic State group from its main Libyan stronghold of Sirte on August 13, 2016. AFP

Libyan Parliament Votes against U.N.-Backed Government

by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 23, 2016 | World

Cairo – The internationally acknowledged Libyan parliament had confused the political scene once again by voting against the U.N.-backed government led by Fayiz al-Sarraj. Nine months after the Government of National Accord (GNA), the product of a U.N.-backed deal...

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Libyan Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj (L) addresses a press conference on May 16, 2016 in Vienna, Austria (AFP Photo/Dieter Nagl)

Fears of a War between Haftar Army and Sarraj Forces in Libya

by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 22, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo – Tripoli Operations room of the Libyan Army leadership has threatened that it would down any airplane that comes close to the Akaba bin Nafe Airbase. This comes amid fears of a possible war between the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Hafter and the...