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The UN’s Human Rights Council released an unedited version of a 220-page report on Friday detailing Muammar Gaddafi’s last hours when rebel fighters moved into Sirte… Continue reading
A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading
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What we are seeing is a political Islamist tsunami… Continue reading
According to multiple eyewitnesses one can now see both the Libyan rebel flag and the flag of al Qaeda fluttering atop… Continue reading
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The shadowy, scattered and underground Islamist forces have become powerful… Continue reading
Libya’s transitional leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil was quite clear about his intentions for liberated Libya… Continue reading
Once the fact of Muammar Qaddafi’s abrupt demise on Thursday is absorbed, Libya will be left with the same power struggle between… Continue reading
What can we learn from the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi… Continue reading
Questions swirl around the death outside Sirte Thursday of Muammar Qaddafi… Continue reading
Throughout the ongoing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading
The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading
On the front lines there are a lot of them, they are jihadists, dangerous, militant in their beliefs… Continue reading
The United States has recognized the Transitional National Council (TNC) of Libya as the provisional government of that country… Continue reading
The world’s longest ruling head of state, Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi (the correct transliteration of his name), would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years on… Continue reading
In recent days the Iranian media has given considerable attention to the developments in Libya… Continue reading
Muammar Qaddafi, his sons and military and political elite have abandoned their Bab al Aziziya fortress… Continue reading
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