Three years ago, 200-member Libyan Parliament, so-called world’s first ‘floating assembly,’ had to flee capital Tripoli after Qatar-backed Islamist militant groups conquered the city. The lawmakers escaped to a city called Tobruk, an easternmost town on the Egyptian border, and had to hold its sessions in a Greek cruiser. Those desperate days for the Libyan … Continue reading Qatar Rift Threatens Prospects of Final Union Deal in Libya