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Sit-in by guards at Libya’s Hariga oil port blocks loading Petroleum facilities guards at Libya’s eastern Hariga oil terminal have delayed the loading of a one million-barrel cargo as they press salary demands, the port’s manager said on Wednesday. The guards at Hariga, where Mesla and Sarir grades are loaded, have been staging a sit-in, which continued on Wednesday morning, according to one of the guards and port manager Rajab Sahnoun. They say they will block crude exports until their d...

Noha Elhennawy January 07, 2021 - 5:36 AM CAIRO - A leading rights group on Thursday urged Libyas U.N.-backed government to investigate the fate of hundreds of people missing from a key town near the capital, Tripoli. Dozens of mass graves were found there after the withdrawal of a much-feared militia last summer. In a statement, Human Rights Watch quoted Libyan officials as saying that at least 338 residents of the town of Tarhuna were reported missing. The majority...

Libya urged to probe missing people in town ruled by six brothers and their lions Tripoli authorities should pursue justice for war crimes, Human Rights Watch said 7 January 2021 • 5:03pm A mural of  Libyan warlord Mohsen al-Kani outside a militia detention centre in Tarhuna, after the town was taken by pro-Tripoli  forces last June Credit: AFP Libyas United Nations-backed government was urged on Thursday to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people in a town where a family of exotic ani...

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. January 6, 2021 Trader Unipecs Olympic Fighter was due to load the one million barrel cargo, according to a local shipping agent./ Image by: Claudio Ritossa - MarineTraffic.com (file photo) Petroleum facilities guards at Libyas eastern Hariga oil terminal have delayed the loading of a one million-barrel cargo as they press salary demands, the ports manager said on Wednesday. The guards at Hariga, where Mesla and Sarir grades are loaded, have...

 January 6, 2021: The October ceasefire calls for all foreign troops to leave and there is little chance of that happening. It’s estimated that there are over 20,000 armed foreigners in Libya. Over a third are Islamic terrorists. About half the others are Syrian Arab mercenaries working for Turkey and the rest are Syrian Arab mercenaries hired by Russia to assist the LNA (Libyan National Army). There are also several hundred Russian special operations ...

Not Everyone In the Middle East Is Sad To See Trump Go, By Phillip van Niekerk But there are a few world leaders who will be sad to see him go. 12 min read Biden’s biggest challenge might be to balance the fears of those leaders who are fighting to preserve the status quo with the aspirations of the people seeking greater freedom, prosperity and democracy. Nor can the Palestinians be willed out of history, as some might imagine is now possible. Here too, the Biden team will fi...

Sit-in by guards at Libyas Hariga oil port blocks loading Reuters 1/6/2021 © Reuters/ISMAIL ZITOUNY File photo of pipelines and a loading berth of the Marsa al Hariga oil port in the city of Tobruk BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Petroleum facilities guards at Libyas eastern Hariga oil terminal have delayed the loading of a one million-barrel cargo as they press salary demands, the ports manager said on Wednesday. The guards at Hariga, where Mesla and Sarir grades are loaded, have been stagi...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) and Russian President Vladimir Putin have all had their ways with US foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa over the past four years. Israel has bypassed the Palestinians to remake its relations with much of the Arab world. MBZ, the Gulf Arabs and Egypt have slammed shut the Pandora’s box that was opened by the Arab Spring, and are seeking to rid the region of political Islam a...

With Brexit looming, questions remain over the UKs relationship with The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, or EuroPol. Headquartered in The Hague in the Netherlands, EuroPol is the law enforcement agency of the European Union (EU) and serves as a cross-border police force to track criminals through cooperation between the EU member states. Its focus is primarily on cracking down on serious international organised crime and terrorism through the sharing of information acros...

How Ancient Political Losers Had to Bribe Roman Emperors for Peace Candida Moss © Provided by The Daily Beast Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Alamy Transfers of power are a funny thing. Once a victor has been announced and the dust settles on the hard-fought contest, most people return to their daily lives. But there are some on the losing side who have to worry about their careers, their livelihoods, and—in some cases in the ancient world—their lives. Power struggl...