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Members of the pro-government Libyan forces fire towards Islamist militiamen during an attack on districts held by the militias on November 3, 2014 around the port of eastern Libya’s restive city of Benghazi. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Sheikhi)

Algerian government in talks with Libyan political factions for peace summit

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Nov 4, 2014 | Middle East

Tobruk, Tunis and Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—Algerian officials are continuing to meet with different political factions in Libya in preparation for a “comprehensive reconciliation dialogue” expected to be hosted later this month in the Algerian capital in order to...

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Libya’s Prime Minister Abdallah Al-Thani speaks to reporters in Abu Dhabi September 10, 2014. (REUTERS/ Stringer)

Libyan militants call on Derna residents to join ISIS

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 7, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s Islamist militant group Jaish Al-Islam has called on residents in the eastern port city of Derna to support the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), sources and local eyewitnesses have told Asharq Al-Awsat. This development, which is...

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UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon (C) attends a meeting in Ghadames, on September 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Libya’s parliament holds crisis talks with rival assembly

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 30, 2014 | Middle East

Tobruk and London, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya’s elected parliament held UN-brokered talks on Monday with a rival assembly in a bid to agree a ceasefire by armed factions and more dialogue to end a confrontation driving the Organization of Petroleum Exporting...

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Smoke rises following an air strike in Libya’s eastern coastal city of Benghazi on September 1, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ ABDULLAH DOMA)

Clashes between Islamists, rivals in Libya kill 31

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Fierce clashes between Islamist militiamen and rival forces loyal to a renegade general in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi have killed 31 fighters on both sides, a security official said Tuesday. The fighting erupted late on Monday, with troops and...

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A screengrab taken from a YouTube video shows a member of the Libya Dawn militia diving into a swimming pool from the roof of a building in Tripoli, Libya. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Opinion: Libya’s Swimming Militiamen

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 2, 2014 | Opinion

There is a video doing the rounds at the moment of armed militiamen inside a residential compound belonging to the US embassy in Tripoli. The video shows the militiamen jumping into a swimming pool from a balcony while other armed fighters cheer them on. The...