The government of Cyrenaica says it is in discussions with a number of potential customers to export crude oil. If you haven’t been following the news out of Libya for the past few months, you may be ...

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington. Frankie Martin, an Ibn Khaldun Chair Research Fellow at American University's School ...

Sister Celeste Biasolo, superior of the convent of the Holy Family of Derna, says that for over 92 years there has been a bond between the religious and the Muslim population. On August 15, the city ...

04 June 2013 Libya's oil-rich eastern region declared self-governance on Saturday (June 1st). A day after the announcement by the Cyrenaica Transitional Council, the General National Congress (GNC) ...

Benghazi has a long history of dissent during the Gaddafi era The concept of federalism is exciting passions in Libya. On Tuesday, hundreds of people danced and sang songs about federalism in the city ...

Exeter, United Kingdom – The state of Libya is on trial. The people of Barqah (or Barga, as pronounced in Libyan dialect) are the first to redefine the state and its internal dynamics. In February ...

08 October 2013 As part of the push for autonomy, Libya's oil-rich eastern zone just appointed its own military and administrative leaders. Najib Suleiman al-Hasi will be commander-in-chief of the ...

Rome and Naples bubbled joyously one day last week. Marshal Rodolfo Graziani’s “Terribili” legions in Libya had turned terribly on their British attackers and terribly smashed them to bits. They had ...

Anti-federalism protesters drove the rally from Freedom Square, Benghazi, witnesses said Clashes at a rally calling for a semi-autonomous territory to be created in eastern Libya have left one person ...

Libya's national unity will be defended with force if necessary, the head of the governing National Transitional Council (NTC) has said. Mustafa Abdel Jalil called on regional leaders to engage in ...