Libya demands US explain abduction of suspected terror chief
Tripoli says it contacted US government after al-Qaeda leader Anas al-Libi, wanted for 1998 embassy bombings, captured in raid late Saturday
View ArticleLibyan prime minister kidnapped in Tripoli
Ali Zeidan snatched from hotel by gunmen from renegade security agency, apparently over recent US raid; his location is unknown
View ArticleLibyan prime minister released after brief abduction
Ali Zeidan was snatched from hotel by gunmen, apparently over recent US raid
View ArticleClashes in northern Lebanon over Syrian war kill 2
Guard of Sunni mosque killed, along with 16-year-old youth; heavy gunfire leaves children trapped in classrooms in 3 schools
View ArticleSectarian violence in northern Lebanon leaves 8 dead
Sunni Muslims, Alawite supporters of Bashar Assad battle in Tripoli, injuring at least 60
View ArticleLebanon puts army in control of Tripoli
Following three days of sectarian violence, government orders city come under martial law
View ArticleLibya militia to open oil terminals in December
Group shut down fuel depots following the eight-month uprising against longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi
View ArticleHistoric library torched in Lebanon’s Tripoli
The Daily Star: Assailants said to have set Greek Orthodox priest’s 80,000 books to flame because of alleged blasphemy against Islam
View ArticleBooks are latest victims of Lebanon’s violence
Tomes burn in the streets of Tripoli as sectarian tensions flare; ‘We can’t be quiet anymore,’ say activists
View ArticleEgyptian diplomats kidnapped in Libya freed
It remains unclear who abducted six members of the embassy in Tripoli
View ArticleCar bomb kills at least 4 in Lebanese Shi’ite town
Vehicle explodes near gas station and charity school in latest spillover from Syrian civil war, injuring 18
View ArticleLibya: Gaddafi’s chemical weapons all destroyed
Libyan foreign minister thanks international effort; stocks of concentrated uranium remain, under IAEA supervision
View ArticleIn Lebanon, Sunni anger mounts against army
Concerned citizens across deeply divided nation claim terrorist group Hezbollah is being supported by the military
View ArticleTunisian diplomat kidnapped in Libya
Envoy’s abduction comes amid a wave of attacks on foreign emissaries in North African country
View ArticleLibyan parliament picks new PM after disputed vote
Ahmed Matiq, a member of Muslim Brotherhood’s Justice and Construction Party, sworn in
View ArticleRogue Libyan general’s troops attack parliament
Gen. Khalifa Hifter’s forces attack Islamist lawmakers for allowing extremists to flourish; parliamentarians flee from gunfire
View ArticleMilitant group vows to fight Libyan general
Al-Qaeda-inspired group intends to hunt down militia that ransacked Tripoli parliament in bloody assault
View ArticleUS mulls closing its embassy in Libya
State Dept. ‘very concerned’ over violence in Tripoli and Benghazi, but no decision to evacuate diplomats yet
View ArticleThousands rally to support renegade Libyan general
Khalifa Hifter vows to restore order, has launched a military campaign against Islamist militias in country’s east
View ArticleSyria refugees in Lebanon protest ‘blood election’
Two days ahead of the presidential poll, displaced Syrians rally to remove Bashar Assad from power
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