Paralysis: Ongoing strike at oil export terminals has cost Libya $13 billion

Paralysis: Ongoing strike at oil export terminals has cost Libya $13 billion

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — After three months, Libya has failed to resolve a strike of its export oil terminals. Officials said the Tripoli government and strikers have not achieved progress in negotiations to renew operations of the terminals. The officials said the suspension of oil exports have cost the North African state at least […]

Chaos: Libyan prime minister abducted after U.S. special forces captured terrorist

Chaos: Libyan prime minister abducted after U.S. special forces captured terrorist

Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Libya has been plunged into what was deemed its worst crisis since the overthrow of Col. Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Islamist militias abducted Libya’s prime minister in downtown Tripoli in wake of a U.S. operation in the North African capital. A militia linked to the Defense Ministry has claimed responsibility […]