Posted on Sat, November 19, 2011 at 22:59 pm CET
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Saif al-Islam captured in Libya’s southern desert: Bargaining chip in Libyan power struggle

On Saturday, Saif al-Islam Qaddafi told Reuters News Agency that he was feeling well after his earlier arrest… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • Libya War • Niger 
Posted on Tue, October 25, 2011 at 01:11 am CEST
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Libya: A Sharia State?

Libya’s transitional leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil was quite clear about his intentions for liberated Libya… Continue reading

Topics: France • Germany • Libya • Libya War • NATO • Sharia Law • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, October 23, 2011 at 00:22 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: Qaddafi Regime-Orchestrated Attacks Against Berbers in Yefren

On December 24, Qaddafi loyalists descended on the predominately Amazigh (Berber) town of Yefren, attacking the homes of Berber leaders… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, October 22, 2011 at 00:24 am CEST
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Is NATO responsible for the death of Qaddafi?

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

Topics: Libya • Libya War • NATO 
Posted on Fri, October 21, 2011 at 00:36 am CEST
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What Gaddafi’s Death Teaches the Middle East…And Should Teach the West

What can we learn from the death of Libyan dictator Moammar Qadhafi… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, October 20, 2011 at 20:43 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Saif Al-Islam Al-Qaddafi’s Palestinian Adventurism

In a nod to his father’s dream to serve as grand regional mediator… Continue reading

Topics: Fatah • Hamas • Libya • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, October 20, 2011 at 19:45 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Qaddafi Children Scandals Spilling Over Into Politics

According to a local Libyan political observer the Qaddafi family has been in a tailspin lately… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, October 20, 2011 at 17:34 pm CEST
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Libya: Qaddafi is killed in Sirte

Questions swirl around the death outside Sirte Thursday of Muammar Qaddafi… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • Libya War 
Posted on Fri, September 2, 2011 at 00:41 am CEST
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Libya: U.S. confirms al Qaeda members’ role in rebel command

The Obama administration finally acknowledged that al Qaeda elements had been fighting in Libyan rebel ranks in last week’s capture of Tripoli… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Libya War • NATO • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, August 30, 2011 at 01:09 am CEST
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Pro-Al Qaeda brigades control Qaddafi Tripoli strongholds

Members of the Al Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group are in control of the former strongholds of Muammar Qaddafi captured by Libyan rebels… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Global Jihad • Libya War 
Posted on Mon, August 22, 2011 at 03:13 am CEST
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Libya: Qaddafi regime falls in Tripoli

Muammar Qaddafi’s regime fell in Tripoli just before midnight Sunday… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Libya • Libya War • NATO 
Posted on Sun, June 12, 2011 at 22:27 pm CEST
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Is the Battle of Jisr a-Shughour the tipping-point of the uprising against Bashar Assad?

It took Syrian president six days to send troops and tanks to punish the small northern town of Jisr a-Shughour near the Turkish border… Continue reading

Topics: Muslim Brotherhood • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:43 am CEST
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President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa Speech, May 19, 2011

Official release of President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Maghreb • Palestinian Authority • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, March 29, 2011 at 18:01 pm CEST
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Obama’s Libyan Strategy: Recipe for a Deeper, Lengthier U.S. Military Role

In his Libya address to Americans early Tuesday, March 29, President Barack Obama failed to resolve the inner contradictions in… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Britain • France • Libya War • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, March 5, 2011 at 20:04 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Gaddafi Risked Nuclear Disaster in Libya after UN Slight

A potential “environmental disaster” was kept secret by the US last year when a large consignment of highly enriched uranium in Libya came close to cracking open… Continue reading

Topics: Libya • Russian Federation • United Nations • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, February 28, 2011 at 17:33 pm CET
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Iran’s Top Opposition Leaders Secretly Jailed, West Fails to Act Again

The disappearance of Iran’s two most prominent opposition figures, Mir-Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, was not mentioned in the… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Human Rights • Iran • Iranian Protests • Islamofascism • Shi'ism • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 17:51 pm CET
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UNHRC: World Praise for Libya 4 Months Ago

Libya is a member of the UN’s top Human Rights Body – the Human Rights Council. The majority of members of the UN General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Global Islam • Human Rights • Islamic Countries • Libya • The Middle East • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, February 26, 2011 at 13:40 pm CET
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Islamic Union Students Protest Massacre of Libyans by Gaddafi Regime

A number of university students from across the country staged a demonstration outside the United Nations office in Tehran to voice… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Libya • Libya War • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, February 25, 2011 at 20:29 pm CET
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Libya: US Military Advisers in Cyrenaica

Hundreds of US, British and French military advisers have arrived in Cyrenaica, Libya’s eastern breakaway province… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • France • Libya • Libya War • United States of America