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Saudi calls on U.S. to remove Sudan from 'terror list'

Saudi Arabia called on the United States Wednesday to remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, in a meeting with a visiting envoy. The U.S. last month lifted fast-changing Sudan from a blacklist for religious freedom violations, but Khartoum awaits the bigger prize of...

Libya: Haftar's militias bomb Tripoli's Mitiga Airport

Libyan government forces announced on Wednesday that the militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar bombed the Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli, in a new breach of the Jan. 12 cease-fire.   Mohamed Qanounu, spokesman for the forces of the UN-recognized Government of...

At gates of Libya's war, a Tripoli hospital struggles to cope

"The pressure was unbearable," said doctor Mohamad al-Rajehi, recalling a night early this month when an air strike on a military school completely overwhelmed his public hospital in Libya's capital. Al-Khadra, one of the biggest hospitals in Tripoli, treated 33 wounded in one night after...

Libya: Haftar’s militia continues violating cease-fire

Forces loyal to Libya’s renegade commander Khalifa Haftar once again violated a fragile cease-fire with the UN-recognized government in Tripoli, firing mortar shells on southern areas of the capital, an official said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Abdulmalik al-Madani, a spokesman for the...