Muammar Gaddafi

Why is Hannibal Gaddafi on hunger strike in a Lebanese prison?
The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is protesting his eight-year-long detention without trial.
Published On 8 Jun 2023
CIA chief visits Libya after Lockerbie suspect handover
William Burns makes a rare trip to Libya, meeting the country’s interim prime minister and his rival, Khalifa Haftar.
Published On 13 Jan 2023
UN postpones decision on ambassadors from Myanmar, Taliban, Libya
UN recognising ambassadors from Myanmar’s military, the Taliban, and Libya’s east would be seen a conferring legitimacy.
Published On 17 Dec 2022
Libyan man suspected of making Lockerbie bomb in US custody
Man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people after it blew up Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 taken into US custody.
Published On 11 Dec 2022

Essential Middle East takes a closer look at UN reports blaming foreign fighters in Libya for instability.

Oil is the lifeblood of the North African country trying to move past a decade of conflict.

“Why have you killed my father and my uncles and my grandfather? Where is the justice?”

Court in Sebha overturns electoral commission’s decision to nullify Saif al-Islam’s candidacy for December polls.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi registered as a presidential candidate for the December 24 poll, the electoral commission says.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, is trying to overcome his past before elections.

A photojournalist describes capturing some of the most memorable moments of the war in Libya.

Arab League also presses for a solution to threat posed by armed groups and militias as Libya strives for peace.

The EU’s incoherent policy on Libya has allowed Russia to gain a lot of ground just south of its shores.

The Afriqiyah Airlines Airbus 320 was on an internal flight to Tripoli when hijacked in 2016 by supporters of Gaddafi.

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