By Francis Ghiles
The oil and gas sectors account for 90% of fiscal revenue and help explain why local political groups and their respective militias have fought to control terminals or other oil facilities. Read More
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By Muriel Asseburgk, Wolfram Lacher, and Mareike Transfeld
This section of the study answers the following questions: Why are the Libyan conflict so resistant to resolution efforts? Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump has said the U.S. should have no role in Libya beyond fighting the Islamic State’s militants. However, experts say that may change. Read More
By Muriel Asseburgk, Wolfram Lacher, and Mareike Transfeld
This section of the study answers the following questions: Why are the Libyan conflict so resistant to resolution efforts? Read More
By Khaled Mahmoud
Sisi’s efforts to broker the reunification of the Libyan army are less about stabilizing its neighbor than empowering Khalifa Haftar against shared Islamist foes. Read More
By Abdulkader Assad
Now as never before, democracy and freedom in Libya seem a bit far-fetched as they both have had a pretty much rough road post-Gaddafi’s death. Read More
By Karlos Zurutuza
It’s not easy to sweep the streets of a city in constant struggle with the beach. When it rains, it’s mission impossible – how does a street cleaner deal with that compact mixture of sand, dust and garbage? Read More
By Muriel Asseburgk, Wolfram Lacher, and Mareike Transfeld
This section of the study answers the following questions: Why are the Libyan conflict so resistant to resolution efforts? Read More
By Dr. Mustafa Fetouri
The Palermo conference on Libya went ahead as scheduled — 12/13 November — with all of the local protagonists present, along with many regional and international players. Read More
By Micha’el Tanchum
On November 13, 2018, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay stormed out of an international conference on Libya organized in Palermo, Italy, complaining about “attempts to keep Turkey out of the process” to resolve the chaos in the divided North African nation. Read More
By Soukaina Rachidi
Despite difficulties, a pioneering magazine based in Benghazi is using Japanese art as a medium to share a creative message of hope and empowerment with communities throughout Libya. Read More
By Muriel Asseburgk, Wolfram Lacher, and Mareike Transfeld
This section of the study answers the following questions: Why are the Libyan conflict so resistant to resolution efforts? Read More
By Apicorp Energy Research
Libyan oil, long a major component of the world’s supply of high- quality crude, has shown its importance in recent months. Read More
By Ismail El Ouadi
For more than four decades, General Khalifa Haftar has been part and parcel of the Libyan political scene. Read More
By Apicorp Energy Research
Libyan oil, long a major component of the world’s supply of high- quality crude, has shown its importance in recent months. Read More
By Francesca Mannocchi
A high-profile Libyan militia leader who was sanctioned earlier this month by the US Treasury has compared himself to George Washington and defended the fighting that triggered his listing. Read More
UN Mediation in Libya, Syria and Yemen
By Muriel Asseburgk, Wolfram Lacher, and Mareike Transfeld
The upheavals in the Arab world since 2011 have led to civil wars in three countries: Libya, Syria and Yemen. Read More
By Ian Cobain
Police and intelligence service did not do enough to monitor and disrupt bombers who carried out 2017 attacks, parliamentary committee finds. Read More
UN Mediation in Libya, Syria and Yemen
By Muriel Asseburgk, Wolfram Lacher, and Mareike Transfeld
The upheavals in the Arab world since 2011 have led to civil wars in three countries: Libya, Syria and Yemen. Read More
By Amal S Obeidi
The Libya Conference in Palermo has ended in a renewed push for elections in the crisis-ridden country. Is Libya really in a fit state to deliver on this commitment though? Read More
By Sami Zaptia.
Libya has three interrelated challenges, and these challenges are in the political, security and economic spheres, Libya’s Minister of Planning Taher Jehami said. Read More
Libya-Analysis got access to the United-States Integrated Country Strategy for Libya, a 10-page document dated 14 august 2018 describing the objectives of the US Mission to Libya. Read More
Libya-Analysis got access to the United-States Integrated Country Strategy for Libya, a 10-page document dated 14 august 2018 describing the objectives of the US Mission to Libya. Read More
By Mustafa Fetouri
Between September 2017 and last month, Egypt hosted seven rounds of talks aimed at unifying the military establishment in neighbouring Libya. Read More
By Mark Gilbert
It’s probably too soon for the UN to lift the sanctions on the LIA, but it could make a start by letting it invest the proceeds of maturing securities. Read More
By Talmiz Ahmad
Italy provided the latest platform to address the divisions that have wracked Libya for nearly eight years. Read More
By Aly Abuzaakouk
It won’t have escaped the notice of any onlooking Libyan that when a conference was held on the future of our country in Italy, our former colonial occupier, there wasn’t a single Libyan flag in sight. Read More
The UN’s plan offers the best hope of ending Libya’s chaos, but Italy and France are making things worse. Read More
By Zaid Al-Ali and Sumit Bisarya
U.N. Special Representative for Libya Ghassan Salame indicated in a statement to the Security Council that a national conference should be convened at the start of 2019 to “create a space for Libyans to crystallize their vision for the transition and no longer be ignored by their politicians.” Read More
By Fehim Tastekin
Although some perceive Turkey’s walking out of the Palermo conference as stepping back from the Libya process, it doesn’t mean that Turkey is giving up its struggle for influence. Read More
By Rachel Kleinfeld
The world’s most violent places aren’t at war. They are polarized, unequal democracies. Here’s how to make them safer. Read More
By Sinem Cengiz
This week, Italy hosted a conference aimed at helping war-torn Libya to establish peace and stability. Read More
By Giovanna De Maio
Little progress has been made in Libya’s situation—security, political, economic—in the almost eight years since the overthrow of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. Read More
By Hafed Al-Ghwell
An unmistakable sense of despair and gloom accompanies most news reports and literature on the state of affairs in Libya after 2011. Read More
By Grigory Lukyanov
The International Conference on Libya, which recently ended in Palermo, was the first political initiative of the new rightwing populist government of Giuseppe Conti. Read More
By Francesca Mannocchi
A Tripoli militia took advantage of a political conference in Palermo to allow Libyans to withdraw ten times the usual amount of money. Read More