Jamal Jawhar

Jamal Jawhar
Features Late Libyan leader Moammar al-Gaddafi. (Reuters)

On Anniversary of his Death, Gaddafi’s Secret Burial Site Continues to Spark Debate

The anniversary of the killing of Libyan leader Moammar al-Gaddafi has stirred debate about the location of his “secret” burial. The longtime ruler and his…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Arab World Libyan security guard gathering documents of migrants (IOM)

Int’l Calls to Open Probe into Burnt Bodies Found on Sabratha Shore

International diplomatic missions in Libya issued several calls on Tuesday for an investigation into the recovered 15 bodies, including a number burned, found…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Arab World People watch kitesurfers practice on the Mediterranean shore of Libya's capital Tripoli, on October 1, 2022. (AFP)

Libya Presidential Council Again Calls for Ending Centralization in Tripoli

Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council Musa al-Koni reiterated the need to end centralization in the capital Tripoli. He said limiting the…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Arab World Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi meets with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday. (Menfi's press office)

Menfi, UN’s Guterres Discuss Latest Developments in Libya

Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi held talks on Tuesday with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Interviews Abdullah al-Senussi seen in court. (Reuters file photo)

Senussi’s Tribe to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Don’t Know if He’s Dead or Alive

Libya’s Magarha tribe stressed that it does not know the fate of its son, Abdullah al-Senussi, former chief of intelligence in the regime of ousted ruler…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Arab World UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams is pictured with the officer in charge of the UNSMIL, Raisedon Zenenga. (UNSMIL)

Williams Ends Libya Mission, Accuses Politicians of Being ‘Opportunistic’

The United Nations announced that the veteran American diplomat, Stephanie Williams, will leave her position on Sunday as the UN Secretary-General’s Special…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Interviews The head of the Libyan elders’ national reconciliation council, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Mubasher (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Al-Mubasher: Foreign Initiatives Are Doomed to Fail Unless Imposed on Libyans by Force

The head of the Libyan elders’ national reconciliation council, Sheikh Mohammed Al-Mubasher, has called on the parties to the political conflict to make…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)
Arab World Libyan deminers stand around a pickup truck with boxes of dismantled mines and remnants of other explosives in Salah al-Din, south of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, June 15, 2020. AFP

HRW: Russia’s Wagner Group Set Landmines in Libya

The Wagner Group, a private Russian military security contractor, has used banned landmines and booby traps near Tripoli, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo)