By Ahmed Fouad Egyptians looking to snag lucrative reconstruction contracts in Libya are divided over whether their country’s support for one side in the civil war will hurt their chances.
Of Tanks and Banks: Stopping a Dangerous Escalation in Libya (1)
An under-reported banking crisis threatens to exacerbate deadly fighting in Tripoli, ignite a protracted resource war and deepen...
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‘‘Cynical joke’’ Libya could descend into a Hobbesian civil war and partition: Salame to UNSC
By Sami Zaptia In his latest remarks on Libya to the UN Security Council today, UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame said that Libya could...
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Ties That Bind Us
How the situations in Algeria and Libya have been linked By Ghida Tayara Younes Abouayoub of the United Nations discusses...
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Flow of arms into Libya risks proxy war
Despite a UN embargo, weapons are still flowing into Libya where an assault on the capital by strongman Khalifa Haftar threatens...
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By Noha Aboueldahab Neither peace nor justice has emerged in Libya in the decade following the anti-Gaddafi uprising.
THE ONLINE ADVANCE OF HAFTAR Khalifa Haftar’s attack on Tripoli has dragged Libya into a new civil war.
By Hannes Munzinger & Frederik Obermaier Where is Gaddafi’s money? Rebels pulled the Libyan dictator from a sewage pipe near his hometown of Sirte on October 20, 2011.
By Noha Aboueldahab Neither peace nor justice has emerged in Libya in the decade following the anti-Gaddafi uprising. However, justice is a broad policy area that is integral to elections, constitution-building, stability, security, and...
NPR’s Lulu Garcia Navarro talks with analyst Karim Mezran of the Atlantic Council about the developing situation in Libya.
By Noha Aboueldahab Neither peace nor justice has emerged in Libya in the decade following the anti-Gaddafi uprising.
Regional Gambles and Field Realities Retired Libyan general Khalifa Haftar launched a new military operation on the night of 4 April 2019, with the aim of taking control of Tripoli.
By Fayez Serraj Tripoli’s Government of National Accord needs help to stop Khalifa Haftar in his attempted takeover.
By Mustafa Abushagur For the last four weeks, the Libyan capital of Tripoli has been the latest battlefield in Libya’s on-and-off war of the past five years. However, this time it is very different.
By Mustafa Sanalla Neither side of the civil war should get complete control of the country’s main economic resource. Neither side of the conflict should get the keys to the country’s treasure.
Confidential document notes that suspected BA-7 missile is only in use in the UAE, China and Kazakhstan.
By Karim Mezran The grinding war of attrition for control of Tripoli is nearly a month old.
By Tim Lister The grinding war of attrition for control of Tripoli is nearly a month old.
By Barah Mikail There is no simple solution to Libya’s problems: institutional divisions prevail within a general context of political void, while the absence of a strong army is fueling the rule of militias.
By Tarek Megerisi When Khalifa Haftar, the leader of the self-declared Libyan National Army, released an audio message announcing his offensive on Libya’s capital, Tripoli, on April 4, he likely expected things to go very differently.
By Barah Mikail There is no simple solution to Libya’s problems: institutional divisions prevail within a general context of political void, while the absence of a strong army is fueling the rule of militias.
Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh Libya’s was the only Arab Spring revolution that had complete components and was going down the path of powerful revolutions against all things old and corrupt before demolishing them in order to build something new.