For many British people, Libya over the past four decades has been ... So inhospitable did the ancient Greeks find this barren land and the tough tribes that lived there, that they wrote in ...

Until now, Libya’s western tribes have remained united — less out of solidarity with Qadhafi than to preserve their political and socioeconomic position. The international community may ...

They say rebels who toppled Muammar Qaddafi have joined their operation to purge Libya of tribal and local armed factions, adding that it is not against any particular tribe or area. The operation ...

Libya’s unresolved conflicts include: _ The third-largest city of Misrata and the rival Tawargha tribe. Militiamen in ... Gadhafi would wipe us from the map,” he added. However, al-Zintani ...

He's lost control of a huge chunk of the map. But Gadhafi's not finished yet ... REEVES: Some of Libya's tribes have long played a part in shoring up Gadhafi's power base. In particular, three ...

Tebu trade is crucial to the tribe’s way of life [Rebecca Murray/Al Jazeera] Discrimination stemmed from Libya’s 1954 citizenship law, traditionally semi-nomadic tribes – such as the Tebus ...

The Tawergha is the main tribe in Libya that remains in limbo Some worry reconciliation between Tawergha%2C Misratis is on the back burner The Tawergha say they are being rejected by the entire ...

Second, Libya is a country in which tribal identities remain strong. Initially, Qaddafi tried to undermine the power of the tribes, but he later turned to them for political support. In the ...

The National Transitional Council (NTC) convened the conference in Zawiyah, the site of a major skirmish between a militia from the coastal city and fighters from the Wershifanna tribe over a ...

As Egypt flexes its muscle with threats to intervene in Libya's civil war, its President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sought to join forces with some of the neighbouring country's powerful tribes.

Members of the revolutionary committees, the closest thing to a ruling party, are hand-picked from different Libya tribes based on loyalty with no formal system of membership. Gaddafi has also played ...