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Malian extremist jailed nine years by the ICC for destroying shrines

Sep 28, 2016

The International Criminal Court has sentenced an Islamist militant who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu to nine years in jail.Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi admitted to leading rebel forces who destroyed historic mausoleums at the…

France vows full support for UN-backed GNA in Libya

Sep 28, 2016

French President, Francois Hollande, warned Tuesday that Libya must not turn into another Syria, and he vowed to support the country’s fragile unity government, whose prime minister is visiting Paris.Hollande saluted the push by…

Syrian army pushes for seizure of Aleppo with fierce Russian bombings

Sep 27, 2016

The Syrian army and its allies fought intense clashes with insurgents in the opposition-held 1070 Apartments district of southwestern Aleppo on Tuesday, senior combatant sources on both sides said.The 1070 Apartments are located…

US delegate to Libya urges for reopening Rayana oil pipeline

Sep 27, 2016

The US special delegate to Libya, Jonathan Winer, called for the reopening of Rayana oil pipeline.In a tweet, Winer said Monday that Libya is in mounting need for the reopening of the pipeline in Rayana district that links Al-Feel…

LIA on track with multi-million dollar litigations to recover wealth of the Libyan people

Sep 27, 2016

Things are uncertain at the moment, even by Libya’s standards. Key terminals in Libya’s eastern and western oil facilities have been held hostage for years, with oil production at a minimum. Oil exports, on which the economy sorely…

US airstrikes on Sirte killed 6 IS militants, Libyan forces announce

Sep 27, 2016

Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous air force sources revealed Tuesday that the US had carried out two airstrikes on Monday targeting remnants of IS militants in the surrounding of the 600 Buildings neighbourhood in downtown Sirte.The sources…

Clinton and Trump word-fight each other in first US presidential debate

Sep 27, 2016

The two US presidential candidates have clashed over jobs, terrorism and race in a bitter television debate.The attacks turned personal as Republican Donald Trump accused his rival Hillary Clinton of not having the right temperament…

Zidane denies rift with Ronaldo before Tuesday Champions League game with Borussia Dortmund

Sep 27, 2016

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has played down talk of a rift with galactico Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Tuesday's Champions League Group F game at Borussia Dortmund -- saying the Portuguese is an "intelligent" person who knows his…

American and British diplomats met with “militias” to pave the way for permanent oil…

Sep 27, 2016

The latest ominous sign for global oil prices: Western officials are pushing for Libya to boost oil exports, part of an effort to help the country fund its fight against Islamic State.In recent weeks, diplomats from the U.S. and…

Russian FM spokeswoman fires back at US, saying barbarism is what happened in Iraq and Libya

Sep 27, 2016

The US envoy to the UN, who recently called Russia's actions in Syria “barbarism,” is hypocritical, because nothing in modern history is more barbaric than what the US has done in Iraq and Libya, the Russian Foreign Ministry…

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