Libya

The Libyan authorities will soon pay the Kingdom’s hotels part of their outstanding dues for accommodating Libyan citizens.

The body of Shukri Ghanem, former Libyan Prime Minister and Minister of Petroleum under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi was found on Sunday in Vienna where he was exiled.

Post-war Libya is likely to struggle to maintain oil production levels and boost pumping capacity.

The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdourrahim El-Keib, visited Sunday in Sebha, some 750 km south of Tripoli where clashes between rival militias left 147 dead and nearly 400 wounded during the past week.

Clashes between rival militias have killed nearly 50 people in three days in Sebha, Libya's fourth largest city in the south, officials said.

 Abdullah al-Senussi, a top official of the ousted Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi was arrested Friday night at the airport of Nouakchott, Mauritania

The President of the Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC), Mustafa Abdeljalil, threatened Wednesday to use force to prevent the independence of the East, as planned by tribal and militia leaders.

Syrian sources claimed last weekend that Jordan is harboring approximately 18, 000 Salafi troops under Bilhaj’s Guard, on stand-by to attack Assad in Syria. Jordan awaits a 'signal' to use this Salafi-ammunition.

Some media reported over the weekend said Libyan journalist Hala Misrati died in prison.

The Tunisian courts acquitted Tuesday the former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi, who has been detained since September for illegal entry into Tunisian territory.

Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi Gaddafi has been detained by the authorities in Niger, Al Arabia TV announced.

The Libyan government estimates that its budget deficit will reach $10 billion this year, leading to serious challenges in paying government employees and the country's energy bill

Syria's external links: As the Syrian 'lion' rages and the regime's clampdown on opposition forces scores an alarming death-toll, the media is ridden with questions addressing the peculiar deadlock or impasse in this Arab Spring country. Since international players often seem to 'help' to determine the fate of Arab regimes, it may be prudent to examine who exactly is set to profit from this regime's seeming inevitable demise, or else retention of power should the Arab League's (shaky) Peace Plan be implemented. Which countries of the region and transregionally are praying for Al Assad's removal, and which would far rather he hung around?

A local official told AFP on Monday that the town of Bani Walid is now totally controlled by supporters of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Libya boasts such strong economic fundamentals that they can lead it “within 3 to 5 years to become the ‘Dubai of the Maghreb.”