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Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Prime Minister’s Office in Tripoli October 20, 2013 (REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny)

Ali Zeidan on Libya’s Struggle

by Michel Abu Najm | Dec 10, 2013 | Interviews

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—The collapse of the authority of the Libyan state in the aftermath of Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall has been well publicized. Incidents like the kidnapping of the country’s prime minister, Ali Zeidan, in October underscored how little control the...

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File photo of Tripoli Supreme Security Committee commander Hashim Bishr. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Tripoli Supreme Security Committee Chief on militias, protests

by Khalid Mahmoud | Nov 22, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tripoli Supreme Security Committee Commander Hashim Bishr spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat about the security situation in the city against the backdrop of clashes between protesters and militiamen in the capital’s Ghargur district. Residents of...

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Libyan soldiers with an anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on a vehicle deploy in a Tripoli’s neighborhood after militias were ordered to leave the capital following weekend clashes on November 18, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA)

Libyan troops in show of force in the capital

by Khalid Mahmoud | Nov 19, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Libyan army was deployed in the capital Tripoli on Monday in order to avert armed clashes, following unrest over the weekend. Eyewitnesses in Tripoli informed Asharq Al-Awsat that dozens of military vehicles carrying Libyan army soldiers...

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A picture taken on November 17, 2013, shows closed shops in the Libyan capital Tripoli (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA).

Libya: Tripoli residents continue general strike

by Khalid Mahmoud | Nov 18, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Residents of the Libyan capital Tripoli continued a general strike for the second day on Monday, in protest against the actions of militias in the capital last week. The strike began after a call for civil disobedience by Tripoli’s local...

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A picture taken on November 17, 2013, shows a man walking past closed shops in the Libyan capital Tripoli (AFP Photo).

Libya’s capital goes on strike over militia attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 17, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli, Libya, AP—Residents of the Libyan capital launched a general strike Sunday over a militia violence that killed nearly 50 people this weekend. The streets of Tripoli were deserted as the vast majority of the city’s businesses and schools were closed....