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The article discusses the condition of Libya following the fall of former Libyan Primary Leader Muammar Muhammad el-Qaddafi. It states that aside from the feuding factions, the threats from the Islamic State have added burden on the country's path towards economic stability and recovery. Businessman Fathi Bashaagha points out the importance of a unified government to save the people and economy out from misery.

The article reports on the assault of a luxury hotel in Tripoli, Libya wherein the Islamic State, an Islamist rebel group, held responsible of the crime. It states that at least eight people died on the attack including an American who previously worked under the U.S. Marine. It adds that the violence is one of the most significant terrorist attacks since the ouster of Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011.

The article reports on the approval of the new cabinet of the new Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by the Libyan Parliament. The authors note that this has ended the uncertainty about who was in charge of the government. They mention that the top officials are expected to take responsibility for investigating the attack on the American Mission in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, as well as the controlling the militias that have dominated Libya since the death of Prime Minister Muamar el-Qaddafi.

The article reports on the military occupation at the western town of Bani Walid in Libya after an assault that killed 22 people in October 2012. It notes the allegations that the government was using indiscriminate force to penalize the city. It mentions that the conflict is connected to the case of the country's deposed dictator, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi.

The article reports on the return of war in Libyan town of Bani Walid. It states that the city is under siege with rising death tool and hospitals filled with men wounded by gunfire. It indicates that at least 22 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in fighting around the city. It indicates that the violence has withdrawn militias from a rival town against fighters in Bani Walid.

BENGHAZI, Libya -- Defying expectations and, in some places, bullets, Libyans across most of the country voted Saturday in the first election after more than four decades of isolation and totalitarianism under Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. ''We will vote for the fatherland whether there is shooting or not,'' said Naema el-Gheryiene, 55, fixing a designer veil over her hair as she walked to a polling place here shortly after a gunman in a passing car had sprayed it with bullets. ''Whoever dies for their country is a martyr, and even if there are explosions, we are going to vote.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Abdullah el-Senussi, the former intelligence chief and brother-in-law of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was arrested Saturday at an airport in Mauritania, the authorities there said, in the most significant capture of a former official of the Qaddafi government since the apprehension of the dictator's son Seif al-Islam by Libyan fighters in November. The International Criminal Court has indicted Mr. Senussi, Seif al-Islam and Colonel Qaddafi on accusations of crimes against humanity committed during the government's attempts to crush the rebellion last year that ultimately ousted the Libyan leader. Colonel Qaddafi was killed by Libyan fighters shortly after his capture in October. During his years as intelligence chief, Mr. Senussi presided over the surveillance, detention, torture and assassination of probably thousands of Libyans. Aside from Colonel Qaddafi himself, Mr. Senussi was the most reviled figure in the former government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BENGHAZI, Libya -- In a symbolic gesture of defiance, militia and tribal chiefs from eastern Libya gathered here on Tuesday to demand a return to the loose federation that prevailed before Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi took power four decades ago. Challenging the country's transitional leaders in the nation's capital, Tripoli, the 3,000 people assembled in an old soap factory near the regional capital, Benghazi, also announced unilateral plans to begin establishing their own autonomous government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biddeford, Me. THE fight is not over. Whether or not Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi defeats the rebels in eastern Libya, any legitimacy he once had has been extinguished. He has weapons, tanks and planes, but he has lost the allegiance of even those elements of Libyan society that had once been willing to wait and hope for political reform. His base of support is now only diehard allies and foreign mercenaries. They might win on the battlefield, but they will lose in the end. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the violent incidence in Benghazi, Libya which involves the killing of Farah Mohammed el-Drissi whose job was ensuring the city's security. It states that no one has been convicted on the case of public servants, including security agents, army officers, government officials and U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, who are killed. It mentions that Benghazi regains its balance when Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi died.

The article focuses on the intelligence reports received by the U.S. President Barack Obama administration that Islamic extremists groups were operating training camps in Libya. The warning was part of the reports indicating that the country's security situation had deteriorated since the opening of the embassy in Tripoli. It notes that mentions the embassy's security officer Eric A. Nordstrom has been requested by the request of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security to develop an exit-strategy.