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Members of the Libyan army watch black smoke rise from the city’s port after a fire broke out at a car tire disposal plant during clashes against Islamist gunmen in Benghazi, on December 23, 2014 (AFP PHOTO / ABDULLAH DOMA)

Rival parliament says UN talks must be held inside Libya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 18, 2015 | Middle East

Tripoli Reuters—Libya’s rival parliament decided on Sunday that it would attend UN-sponsored peace talks only if they were held inside Libya, officials said. Nearly four years after a NATO-backed revolt ousted Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is in turmoil. Two rival...

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UN special envoy for Libya Bernardino Leon (2nd L) speaks to Libyan delegates prior to talks on January 14, 2015 in Geneva.
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Libya meeting makes faltering start, seeks unity govt

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 14, 2015 | Middle East

Geneva and Cairo, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—UN-sponsored talks in Geneva between rival Libyan factions aim to reach agreement to form a unity government, the United Nations envoy for Libya said on Wednesday, as he tried to launch talks which only one side to the...

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Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Al-Badri in Cairo, in January, 2015 (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Libyan Deputy PM: We are in control of 80 percent of the country’s oil

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 11, 2015 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Libya’s two rival governments gear up for another round of reconciliation talks in Geneva this week under the auspices of the UN, the country’s Tobruk-based government is continuing its attempts to impose its authority over the strife-torn...

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Firefighters try to put out a fire in an oil tank in Libya’s Sidra port, on December 26, 2014. (Reuters Photos)

Opinion: Another Arab country is slipping into chaos

by Osman Mirghani | Jan 8, 2015 | Opinion

On September 25, 2014 Asharq Al-Awsat published my article, “The Costly Neglect of Libya,” which dealt with the deteriorating situation in that country and the absence of coordinated and effective steps on the part of the Arab world and the international...

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Firefighters try to put out a fire in an oil tank in Libya’s Sidra port, on December 26, 2014. (Reuters Photos)

Islamists seeking complete control of Libyan oil: officials

by Khalid Mahmoud | Dec 27, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s Western-backed Tobruk-based government warned that rival Islamist militias are seeking to seize complete control of the country’s oil industry, calling on the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to take...