Mohammed Sawan signals retreat over previous stance towards National Forces Alliance
Jul 18 George Grant

Mohammed Sawan signals retreat over previous stance towards National Forces Alliance

By George Grant.Tripoli, 18 July:The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's Justice & Construction Party, Mohammed Sawan, has conceded that collaborat...

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Justice & Construction leader confirms NFA not part of coalition plans; likens Jibril to Qaddafi
Jul 12 George Grant

Justice & Construction leader confirms NFA not part of coalition plans; likens Jibril to Qaddafi

By George Grant.Tripoli, 12 July:Mahmoud Jibril's National Forces Alliance is not part of negotiations being led by the Justice & Construction par...

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Jun 11 Nigel Ash

Libya: now for the three commercial ghosts

London, 11 June:Rather like Dickens’s Mr Scrooge, Libya under new management has, commercially, to confront three ghosts – Contracts Past, Present and...

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Benghazi Islamist rally angers locals
Jun 9 Michel Cousins

Benghazi Islamist rally angers locals

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 9 June:A rally staged by gun-toting Islamists in Benghazi’s iconic Tahrir (Liberation) Square on Thursday has infuriated lo...

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Top Tripoli Military Council official wants Sharia law: interview with Yasser Ben Halim
May 22 Michel Cousins

Top Tripoli Military Council official wants Sharia law: interview with Yasser Ben Halim

Tripoli, 22 May 2012:Libya Herald reporter Ashraf Abdul-Wahab has interviewed Yasser Ben Halim, the head of Tripoli Military Council’s Protection Forc...

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Mar 15 Michel Cousins

Muslim Brotherhood says it aims to share power.

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, March 15: The Muslim Brotherhood’s spokesman for Libya, Bashir Al-Kibti, has said that the recently formed Justice and...

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