Opinion: Libya after Muammar Gaddafi
- 27-Sep-2022
It has been more than a decade since Libyan head of the state for 42 years Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in a public uprising. The vehemence of public reaction against his rule was quite surprising as his regime conveyed the impression of everything being hunky-dory with Libyans and that they loved him. Despite his bravado […]
Sarkozy blasts ‘lack of evidence’ for corruption charges
- 22-Mar-2018
French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy blasted what he said was a lack of evidence for the corruption charges against him over claims the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi funded his 2007 election campaign.
French ex-president Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe
- 20-Mar-2018
PARIS: French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody on Tuesday and questioned over allegations that late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi financed his 2007 election campaign via suitcases stuffed with cash, a source close to the inquiry told AFP. Sarkozy was detained early on Tuesday morning and was being questioned by prosecutors specialising in […]
Throwback picture of popular Indian actress with Libya’s Gaddafi is going viral
- 11-Jul-2017
A throwback picture of popular Indian actress Katrina Kaif with late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is going viral on the internet. The picture, featuring Gaddafi with a group of Indian models that also includes Neha Dhupia and Aditi Gowitrikar, has gone crazy viral. The photo was shared on Instagram by former model Shamita Singha – […]
Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam freed after five years of detention in Libya
- 11-Jun-2017
TRIPOLI: An armed group in Libya said on Saturday that it has freed Seif al-Islam, the son of dead dictator Muammar Gaddafi who has been in custody since November 2011. The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade, a militia of former rebels that controls the town of Zintan in western Libya, said Seif al-Islam was freed Friday […]
The ‘Green Book’ of Gaddafi: from manifesto to mockery
- 20-Oct-2016
TRIPOLI: Five years since Muammar Gaddafi was killed in a NATO-backed uprising, the strongman’s quixotic Green Book — once Libya’s sacred and ever-present scripture — is now ridiculed in the conflict-hit nation. Published in 1976, it became Libya’s unofficial “constitution”, announcing a “third way” between capitalism and socialism that shaped political, economic and social […]
Bomb explodes at Spanish embassy in Libyan capital
- 21-Apr-2015
TRIPOLI: A bomb exploded in front of the Spanish embassy in the Libyan capital late on Monday, residents said, the latest in a string of attacks on foreign missions in the North African country.
Tunisia, Cairo airport cancel Libya flights over security fears
- 22-Aug-2014
CAIRO/TUNIS: Tunisia and Egypt's Cairo airport cancelled most flights to and from Libya on Thursday, officials said, days after the Libyan government said unidentified war planes had attacked positions of armed groups in Tripoli.
Heavy clashes erupt over Tripoli airport, at least four dead
- 21-Jul-2014
TRIPOLI: Heavy fighting erupted on Sunday around Tripoli International Airport, where rival militias have been battling for control, killing at least four people and forcing thousands from their homes, local residents and witnesses said.
Benghazi suspect fighting anti-Islamist general before U.S. raid
- 20-Jun-2014
BENGHAZI: The suspected ringleader of a 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, snatched this week by U.S. forces, had been fighting a Libyan general committed to root out Islamist rebels when he vanished without trace, according to his brother. “The family was in contact with him on Saturday and Sunday. I was told […]