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ndeed, 80 percent of Libya's oil had always been located in the east yet Qaddafi maintained Tripoli as the epicenter of the country's oil activity. Tunisia: As clashes between the government and radical Salafi groups continue to rock Tunisia — epitomized by the recent arrest of some 200 members of Ansar
nisia: As clashes between the government and radical Salafi groups continue to rock Tunisia — epitomized by the recent arrest of some 200 members of Ansar al-Sharia on May 20th — Tunisia's political transition has suffered a new blow as opposition blocs within the National Constituent Assembly (NSA) have threate
g this year, given a ready supply of the sweet crude resulting from US shale oil production and a shrinking market for the sweet variety in Europe. Tunisia: Tensions between the ruling Ennanda party and the half-million-strong General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) reached a climax in the past few wee
ve in several parts of the country. Recent press reports speculate that al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is hoping to forge links with Libya's Ansar al-Sharia and other Islamist groups in Libya. At the end of November, members of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) met with oil corporations in Istanbul
December, 2013 Article 1. The Washington Post Iran committed to making a deal David Ignatius Article 2. The Washington Post An interview with Tunisia's Rachid Ghannouchi, three years after the revolution Lally Weymouth Article 3. The Guardian Saudi Arabia and Iran must end their proxy war in
failure on the part of the government. This incident has resulted in a complete change in our policy towards the Salafists and [the radical group] Ansar al-Sharia. Before that, we used to try to convince them to work within the law. But from this moment on, we realized these people do not accept to work withi
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Bashar al-Assad
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Hosni Mubarak
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Damascus
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Cairo
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Tehran
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Mahmoud Abbas
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al-Qaeda
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Kuwait
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Tripoli
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Mohamed Morsi
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John Kerry
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Vienna
LOCATIONMaureen Quinn
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