President Donald Trump on Friday extended the state of emergency that imposed unilateral sanctions on Libya, a measure imposed by former President Barack Obama nearly seven years ago. The sanctions were put in place to address what Obama considered a threat to U.S. national security posed by Colonel Moammar Gadhafi.
![The two-day summit in the Capital Kuwait city will discuss a number of economic and political issues that are of concern to the Arab and African countries. [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450523199.jpg?itok=9kwF9sWF "The two-day summit in the Capital Kuwait city will discuss a number of economic and political issues that are of concern to the Arab and African countries. [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/Getty Images]")
