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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATy9D67qYuA/samer-alatrush.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Macron Says He Understands Muslim Feelings on Prophet Image]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-31/macron-says-he-understands-muslim-feelings-on-prophet-image</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-31/macron-says-he-understands-muslim-feelings-on-prophet-image</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 11:27:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icTj6Wz1PJB4/v256/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icTj6Wz1PJB4/v256/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libya to Release Russians Charged With Vote Meddling]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-27/libya-to-release-russian-consultants-charged-with-vote-meddling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-27/libya-to-release-russian-consultants-charged-with-vote-meddling</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:41:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libya UN Mission Says Warring Sides Agree to Permanent Truce]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/libya-un-mission-says-permanent-cease-fire-pact-reached-kgm2fecc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/libya-un-mission-says-permanent-cease-fire-pact-reached-kgm2fecc</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nour Al Ali]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:42:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYp2Rc_mxsig/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYp2Rc_mxsig/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Military engineers of the UN-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) sort ammunition and explosives for safe disposal in the Libyan capital Tripoli on October 12, 2020. 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They also routed his forces from three smaller cities, sparking rocket attacks on Tripoli that wounded at least one person and damaged homes in a residential area. 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They also routed his forces from three smaller cities, sparking rocket attacks on Tripoli that wounded at least one person and damaged homes in a residential area. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libya Security Chief Suspended in Escalating Power Struggle]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-29/libya-security-chief-suspended-in-escalating-power-struggle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-29/libya-security-chief-suspended-in-escalating-power-struggle</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2020 11:25:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKKM7fQIGuf0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKKM7fQIGuf0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Fathi Bashagha, Interior Minister of Libya&apos;s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), speaks during a press conference at the Tajura Training Institute, southeast of the GNA-held capital Tripoli on July 28, 2020. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Guns Fall Silent in Libya, the Qaddafi Regime Seeks a Return]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-28/as-guns-fall-silent-in-libya-the-qaddafi-regime-seeks-a-return</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-28/as-guns-fall-silent-in-libya-the-qaddafi-regime-seeks-a-return</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:42:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libya Cease-Fire Promises to Unlock Peace Talks, UN Envoy Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-24/libya-cease-fire-promises-to-unlock-peace-talks-un-envoy-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-24/libya-cease-fire-promises-to-unlock-peace-talks-un-envoy-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:40:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Reeling Lebanon Is Back in Lockdown as Coronavirus Surges]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/a-reeling-lebanon-is-back-in-lockdown-as-coronavirus-surges</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/a-reeling-lebanon-is-back-in-lockdown-as-coronavirus-surges</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:15:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDAEZ1TeiX6w/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDAEZ1TeiX6w/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Volunteers, clad in masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, walk with trays of meals to be distributed upon people affected by the Beirut port explosion in the Ashrafieh neighbourhood of Lebanon&apos;s capital Beirut on August 10, 2020. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libya Government Truce Call Lifts Hopes for End to Proxy War]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/libyan-government-calls-ceasefire-urges-sirte-demilitarization</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-21/libyan-government-calls-ceasefire-urges-sirte-demilitarization</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:59:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSpDa3eJ5DEc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSpDa3eJ5DEc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A general view taken on April 9, 2014 shows the oil terminal of Marsa al-Hariga after rebels in eastern Libya ceded control of the oil port, in the first handover under a weekend deal to end a crippling nine-month blocakde, the army said. The rebels&apos; seizure of four eastern oil terminals last July in pursuit of their campaign for restored autonomy for the eastern Cyrenaica region slashed exports from 1.5 million barrels per day to just 250,000 bpd. AFP PHOTO / ABDULLAH DOMA (Photo credit should read ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP/Getty Images) Photographer: ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel and UAE Agree to Establish Ties; Annexation Is Paused]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-13/trump-says-uae-israel-agree-to-normalize-diplomatic-relations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-13/trump-says-uae-israel-agree-to-normalize-diplomatic-relations</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario Parker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:56:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilLqnAAUl9Uw/v254/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilLqnAAUl9Uw/v254/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Long-Delayed Audit of Libya’s Central Bank Is to Go Ahead]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-15/long-delayed-libyan-central-bank-audit-to-go-ahead</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-15/long-delayed-libyan-central-bank-audit-to-go-ahead</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:16:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_kp8z_jkPCc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_kp8z_jkPCc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A picture taken on November 5, 2015, during a tour with the Libyan coastguard shows the Libyan central bank in the capital Tripoli. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charges of Misspent Oil Money Furthers Blockade in Libya]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-13/a-delayed-central-bank-audit-is-fueling-regional-battle-in-libya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-13/a-delayed-central-bank-audit-is-fueling-regional-battle-in-libya</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:29:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imjlOanQMkjQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imjlOanQMkjQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A resident walks in the rubble of a damaged house in Tripoli.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libyan Oil Industry Thrown Into More Chaos as Haftar Digs In]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-11/libya-s-lna-says-oil-closures-to-continue-until-its-demands-met</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-11/libya-s-lna-says-oil-closures-to-continue-until-its-demands-met</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Salma El Wardany]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2020 21:30:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPblLi7hzXNw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPblLi7hzXNw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Khalifa Haftar</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt’s Sisi Warns of Intervention in Libya Over Sirte]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-20/egypt-s-sisi-warns-of-intervention-in-libyan-city-of-sirte</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-20/egypt-s-sisi-warns-of-intervention-in-libyan-city-of-sirte</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samer Al-Atrush]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:48:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i6C4JXlxQA3Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i6C4JXlxQA3Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>SOCHI, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 23, 2019: Egypt&apos;s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi addresses a plenary session at the 2019 Russia-Africa Economic Forum at the Sirius Park of Science and Art. 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