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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 11, 2013. (Reuters)

Libyan PM says kidnapping was bid to topple government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2013 | Middle East

Tripoli and Benghazi, Reuters—Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Friday gunmen who abducted him briefly were part of a coup attempt by opponents in the country’s legislature. The militia snatched Zeidan from the Tripoli hotel where he lives during a...

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Nouri Abusahmain, the new head of Libya’s General National Congress (GNC), smiles in Tripoli June 25, 2013. (Reuters/Ismail Zitouny)

Nouri Abusahmain: The view from Tripoli

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jul 5, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Nouri Abusahmain is the newly elected president of the Libyan General National Congress (GNC), making him the country’s interim head of state during the current transitional period. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, Abusahmain spoke...

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Libyan gunmen surround the Libyan Justice Ministry demanding a ban against those who worked under the former regime of ousted leader Moamer Gaddafi from holding senior positions on April 30, 2013, in the capital Tripoli.(AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA)

Opinion: Libya’s Political Isolation Law Threatens Destruction

by Daniel Nisman and Roshanna Lawrence | May 10, 2013 | Opinion

It is often said that the great questions of our time will not be settled by speeches and votes, but by iron and blood. It is a maxim that certainly rings true for the question of Libya’s democratic future. With the world’s attention fixated across the Mediterranean...