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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi. (AFP)

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi Released in Libya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2017 | Middle East

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,...

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A building on fire, which witnesses say was hit by a rocket, burns after clashes between rival militias in the Sarraj district in Tripoli August 23, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Airstrikes target Islamist strongholds in Tripoli as militias claim airport

by Khalid Mahmoud | Aug 24, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Militias from the Libyan city of Misrata announced their capture of Tripoli’s international airport on Saturday, after more than a month of fierce fighting between them and rival militias from Zintan, while Asharq Al-Awsat received reports of...

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Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi, is seen on a screen via video link in a courtroom in Tripoli as he attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan, on April 27, 2014. (Reuters/Ismail Zetoun)

Libya: Gaddafi son questioned via video link in court hearing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 28, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli, Asharq Al-Awsat—One of the sons of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi appeared by video link at the latest session of his trial on Sunday, together with several other former regime figures on trial for their role in the bloody events of the 2011...

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Libya’s Deadly Catch-22

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Feb 26, 2014 | Features

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...

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A former revolutionary looks out over the town of Zintan, Libya (Asharq Al-Awsat)

A Revolution Adrift

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Feb 17, 2014 | Features

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...