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...Prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, a wealthy businessman, was appointed through a UN-sponsored process to organise elections in late 2021 but the vote was never held amid disputes over the rules....
...Hamid Dbeibeh, the prime minister based in Tripoli, by depriving his government of revenue....
...Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the Tripoli-based prime minister of one of Libya’s rival governments, said foreign minister Najla Mangoush was under “administrative investigation” for meeting her counterpart from Israel...
...The SDF and the 444 Brigade backed Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, head of the Government of National Unity (GNU) in brief fighting in May 2022 against Fathi Bashagha, a rival politician who tried to seize power in...
...In the 19th century, a letter to Sultan Abdul Hamid II lamented that the hammam’s tiles had been removed and sold to a French antique dealer, Ludovic Lupti....
...Abdul-Hamid has previously called for religious “freedom” and an end to “ethnic discrimination” in the country....
...Clashes erupted on Tuesday after Fathi Bashagha, a prime minister appointed by the eastern-based parliament in February, tried to seize control from Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, a wealthy businessman appointed last...
...But Bashagha and his allies were unable to unseat Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, a businessman appointed last year to head an interim government in Tripoli....
...Libya’s oil ministry posted on its Facebook page early on Wednesday a decree signed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, prime minister of the Tripoli-based government, in which he named a new board of directors of NOC...
...Haftar’s allies have been blockading oilfields and export terminals to pressure the Tripoli-government headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh....
...In recent days, protesters have blockaded oil facilities in order to pressure Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the prime minister, to step down....
...Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the interim prime minister of the Government of National Unity in Tripoli, has rejected Bashagha’s appointment and refuses to step down until elections have taken place....
...When Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived at Afghanistan’s Kandahar airport from Doha on a Qatari Air Force C-17 on Tuesday, he was welcomed by jubilant Islamist militants as a conquering hero...
...Political chief Abdul Ghani Baradar, who led the group’s negotiations with the US, has been made deputy. Mohammad Yaqoob, Taliban founder Omar’s son, has been appointed acting defence minister....
...The Bashagha-led government, which is backed by Khalifa Haftar, the renegade military officer who controls eastern Libya, is seeking to replace the interim administration based in Tripoli led by Abdul Hamid...
...Another candidate is Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, prime minister of the Government of National Unity....
...Another divisive candidate is Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, prime minister of GNU, who had earlier pledged not to run and whose eligibility was in doubt....
...Prominent candidates include Abdul Hamid Debeibeh, the prime minister of the interim government and one of the country’s richest men, and Khalifa Haftar, a military strongman whose forces control much of...
...Some spent time in jail, including Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy leader and co-founder, or were detained in Guantánamo Bay....
...But they were disappointed that Abdul Ghani Baradar, who led negotiations with the US, was not named prime minister....
...Taliban leaders, including co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar, arrived in Kabul over the weekend with the goal of forming a new administration....
...Others such as Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Mohammad Noor are reportedly in exile. Any Afghan resistance would also struggle to attract international support....
...Earlier on Tuesday, the Pentagon said there would be about 4,000 troops on the ground in Kabul by the end of the day, and that a US Air Force aircraft had brought about 1,000 extra soldiers to Hamid Karzai...
...William Burns, CIA director, met this week with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban co-founder....
...Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s former president, confirmed Ghani’s departure and said he was in talks with other Afghan leaders and the Taliban for a peaceful handover....
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