Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

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Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum

Libya

Abu Nidal Organization, ANO, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-RC, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims - a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries; "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group"

Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group, FIG - a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi

Arab League - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation

OPEC, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries - an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum

capital of Libya, Tarabulus Al-Gharb, Tripoli - the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC

Benghazi - port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra; formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoli

Libyan Desert - the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan

Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

Libyan - a native or inhabitant of Libya

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S&P expect the ensuing negative impact on the real estate sector in Arabic-speaking MENA countries to be more acute in those countries already undergoing political transition, such as Tunisia and Egypt, and in those countries currently experiencing civil unrest, namely Libya (Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; ratings suspended), Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain; BBB/WatchNeg/A-3), Yemen (not rated), and Syria (not rated).

Social unrest creates ripples in MENA real estate markets, says S&P

The bank's main shareholders include the Arab Republic of Egypt, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority owning 30 percent, 30 percent and 25 percent, respectively.

Money transfers put Arab International Bank in the spotlight

Consistent with Morocco's firm belief that Arab strategic and development interests are indivisible, I hereby reiterate my country's commitment to uphold our Ummah's crucial causes, in accordance with the plan endorsed by the recent Arab Summit held in the sister nation, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

HM King Mohammed VI addresses the Second Arab Economic and Social Summit

Official Name: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Background note: Libya

The Front praised the role played by the leadership of the Libyan Arab Socialist Jamahiriya in the name of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya".