Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud, a former intelligence officer accused of delivering the bomb that destroyed a passenger jet mid flight in 1988, was abducted from his home, according to relatives.
Libya’s political chaos has left little room for the reconciliation that many residents see as necessary for peace. Few places feel that more than Tarhuna, where a murderous band of brothers reigned for years.
When Taha al-Baskini won a part in a new play about soldiers who reunite after dying in combat, his costume was already in his closet. His onstage camouflage pants were the same ones he had worn as a militia fighter during Libya's most recent civil war a few years ago, when an airstrike injured al-Baskini and killed several of his comrades as they defended their city.