A Libyan man, who was kidnapped from Tripoli by US Special Forces, has been taken to the United States to "face trial." Anas al-Libi, who was captured on October 5 in an operation denounced by the Libyan government, is expected to appear in court on Tuesday in New York. Anas al-Libi was transferred to law enforcement custody this weekend and was ...

US defense lawyers are demanding to be allowed to represent a Libyan man who was abducted by US military forces, arguing there is no legal basis for holing him offshore on a navy vessel. TheTelegraphreported on Wednesday that it obtained a letter from the New York public defenders office which demanded its team be appointed to represent Abu Anas al-...

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has reportedly been freed just hours after he was kidnapped by gunmen from a hotel in the capital, Tripoli. Libyas Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdelaziz on Thursday announced the freedom of Zeidan. However, the foreign minister stated, We have no details so far on the circumstances of his release. The report came ...

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Relations between Tripoli and Washington will not be hurt by the U.S. raid that seized an al-Qaida suspect from the Libyan capital, Libyan leaders said Tuesday, as they requested Washington allow the family of the detainee - now being held on a U.S. warship - to establish contact with him. The comments reflected the predicament ...

People have taken to the streets in the Libyan city of Benghazi to voice anger at the abduction of a Libyan man by US forces over his alleged role in the bombings of two US embassies. Abu Anas al-Libi, also known as Nazih al-Ragya, was kidnapped by US forces in the Libyan capital of Tripoli and was transferred out of the country on October 5. A ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry defends as legal the abduction of a man in Libya by American Special Forces. Speaking in the Indonesian island of Bali Monday, where he is attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Kerry said Nazih al-Ragye-- known as Abu Anas al-Libi in Libya-- was "an appropriate and legal target for US forces ...

The family of a man, captured by US forces in Libya for his alleged role in the bombings of two American Embassies in Africa more than a decade ago, has denounced his arrest as an act of piracy. US forces in the Libyan capital Tripoli snatched Abu Anas al-Liby, also known as Nazih al-Ragye, and took him out of the country on Saturday. It was an act ...

The Pentagon says a senior Libyan al-Qaeda leader has been detained during a US counterterrorism operation. Pentagon spokesman George Little said on Saturday, Abu Anas al-Liby is currently lawfully detained by the US military in a secure location outside of Libya. Little did not provide more details on the issue. The al-Qaeda leader is alleged ...