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Seif al-Islam Gaddafi Released in Libya

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi Released in Libya

Tripoli – Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan leader Moammar, was released from captivity, Libyan sources revealed. The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade, a militia that controls the town of Zintan in western Libya, said Seif al-Islam was freed late on Friday,...
Libya’s Deadly Catch-22

Libya’s Deadly Catch-22

Misrata and Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—It was Anwar, a former rebel fighter and community leader from Misrata, who summed the situation up best: “If you’re a state and you have a rifle, but the people have ten rifles, then you will have a problem.” He had cut right to...
A Revolution Adrift

A Revolution Adrift

Zintan, Asharq Al-Awsat—Every revolution has it: that one seminal moment. In Libya it came with the face of the dead Muammar Gaddafi, soiled and bloodied and caught in a grainy camera phone photo. It was the image that signified the victory of the rebels over a...