By Ben Fishman
Testimony submitted to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism Read More
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Why Backing One Militia Against Another is Not the Solution
By Fredric Wehrey & Emadeddin Badi
On April 15, President Donald Trump telephoned Libyan militia commander Khalifa Haftar and praised his Libyan National Army’s offensive against the internationally recognized government in Tripoli. Read More
By Kay Westenberger
This content was written by a student and assessed as part of a university degree. Read More
Why Backing One Militia Against Another is Not the Solution
By Fredric Wehrey & Emadeddin Badi
On April 15, President Donald Trump telephoned Libyan militia commander Khalifa Haftar and praised his Libyan National Army’s offensive against the internationally recognized government in Tripoli. Read More
By Kay Westenberger
This content was written by a student and assessed as part of a university degree. Read More
By John Bowlus
For decades, Libyan oil has been a linchpin of European oil-supply security. Read More
By Jason Pack
The war for Tripoli recently entered its second month, and the main global and regional powers have yet to adopt a coherent or unified approach to the conflict. Read More
By Arnaud Delalande
From its powerbase in eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) has gradually extended the territory under its control and the firepower at its disposal, to the point where it now challenges the authority of the country’s United Nations-recognised government in Tripoli. Read More
By Giorgio Cafiero
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Hifter’s westward offensive, which began last month, has dramatically heated up the Libyan civil war. Read More
By Yasser Abdel Aziz
The leader of the military coup in Libya has visited Cairo for a second time in a month. This visit coincides with the continued military operations launched by Haftar’s forces on the Libyan capital and the headquarters of the legitimate government. Read More
By Amberin Zaman
On May 5, Tunisian security services in Ben Guerdane, on the Libyan border, said they stopped a vehicle carrying a group of Libyans attempting to cross the border into Libya, seizing around 370,000 euros and $200,000 in the process. Read More
On the next edition of Encounter, we’ll examine the current situation in Libya, where an opposition force, supported by Egypt and several other nations is challenging a UN recognized government. Read More
Interviewed by Victor LADREYT
Jalel Harchaoui (*) comments on Mr. Fayez al-Sarraj’s visit to several European countries. Read More
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. Read More
By Noha Aboueldahab
Neither peace nor justice has emerged in Libya in the decade following the anti-Gaddafi uprising. Read More
THE ONLINE ADVANCE OF HAFTAR
Khalifa Haftar’s attack on Tripoli has dragged Libya into a new civil war. Read More
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. Read More
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 resource distribution. Read More
NPR’s Lulu Garcia Navarro talks with analyst Karim Mezran of the Atlantic Council about the developing situation in Libya. Read More
By Noha Aboueldahab
Neither peace nor justice has emerged in Libya in the decade following the anti-Gaddafi uprising. Read More
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. Read More
By Fayez Serraj
Tripoli’s Government of National Accord needs help to stop Khalifa Haftar in his attempted takeover. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Confidential document notes that suspected BA-7 missile is only in use in the UAE, China and Kazakhstan. Read More
By Karim Mezran
The grinding war of attrition for control of Tripoli is nearly a month old. Read More
By Tim Lister
The grinding war of attrition for control of Tripoli is nearly a month old. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
By Yury Barmin
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently put Russia in the spotlight in Libya by first holding a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Summit in Beijing and later discussing Libya with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the phone. Read More
By Francesca Mannocchi
It could be a normal weekday in Ain Zara. There are apples and bananas, potatoes and courgettes, arranged outside the shops, waiting to be sold in this district in southwest Tripoli. Read More
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. Read More
Adherents of a Salafi school, the Madkhalis, are gaining prominence on both sides of Libya’s divide, causing concerns about puritanical agendas imposed through military and religious institutions. Read More
By Alessandra Bajec
With crumbling healthcare infrastructure in Libya, many people travel abroad for treatment. Read More