By Sir Vincent Fean
Libya has long been a country of contradictions. In Qadhafi’s time, a poster promoting tourism promised “Everything you can imagine, and everything you can’t imagine”. Read More
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By Edward P. Joseph
Why make a new constitution and risk the failure of elections when the old constitution provides a solid, proven framework? Read More
By Francesca Mannocchi
Increasing numbers of Libyans are breaking a long-standing taboo and fleeing across the Mediterranean. Four Libyans explain why seven years after the revolution they must find a way out even if it means using smugglers. Read More
By Thierry Meyssan
Despite the good will of some of the participants, the Paris conference for Libya did not have the desired effects. Read More
The leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has made a series of moves that have unsettled the international community, blocked the majority of Libya’s oil exports, and upended the domestic status quo.
By Emadeddin Zahri Muntasser and Dr. Mohamed Fouad
Whereas the ambitions of competing warlords fan the flames of conflict and consume the country’s oil resources, envoys from the UN and West to Libya continue to congratulate themselves for having said much but done little. Read More
By Karlos Zurutuza
The Madkhalists are growing in influence across Libya’s different warring factions, promising security and an Islamist future. Read More
By Jason Pack
Calling for elections in the absence of stable institutions while competing for diplomatic and economic influence won’t rebuild the country — it will destroy it. Read More
The US has conducted 550 drone strikes in Libya since 2011
By Nick Turse, Henrik Moltke & Alice Speri
The United States has conducted approximately 550 drone strikes in Libya since 2011, more than in Somalia, Yemen, or Pakistan, according to interviews and an analysis of open-source data by The Intercept. Read More
By Mustafa Dala
The oil crescent region accounts for more than 60 percent of Libya’s total oil production. Read More
By Erin Neale & Yousuf Eltagouri
In the wake of Libya’s 2011 revolution, militias built a powerful role for themselves by filling the security vacuum left by the overthrow of Qaddhafi. Read More
By Missy Ryan
At least 230 civilians have died in Libya in the chaotic, multiparty air war that has followed the ouster of dictator Moammar Gaddafi in 2011, a report has found. Read More
Interviewed By Ahmed Ibrahim Amer
Al-Ahram Al-Arabi weekly magazine sat down with veteran Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, the most powerful figure in eastern Libya, to talk about the military scene in the North African country and the challenges facing the Libyan Army. Read More
The US has conducted 550 drone strikes in Libya since 2011
By Nick Turse, Henrik Moltke & Alice Speri
The United States has conducted approximately 550 drone strikes in Libya since 2011, more than in Somalia, Yemen, or Pakistan, according to interviews and an analysis of open-source data by The Intercept. Read More
Interviewed by Ahmed Ibrahim Amer
Al-Ahram Al-Arabi weekly magazine sat down with veteran Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, Read More
By Khalid Mahmoud
UK ambassador to Libya, Frank Baker, hinted on Wednesday that the UN Security Council might impose punitive measures against Ibrahim al-Jathran. Read More
Early Elections Would Be a Disaster
By Frederic Wehrey and Wolfram Lacher
To visit Libya in recent months is to encounter a country holding its breath, caught in the throes of abeyance and a deep foreboding. Read More
By Mat Nashed
Forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar are battling Derna Protection Forces for control of the eastern city. Read More
By Emily Estelle
Libya is falling back into active conflict that will likely lead to a surge in Salafi-jihadi activity. Read More
By Mustafa Fetouri
On the morning of June 14, with just a couple hundred armed men driving a dozen pickup trucks, Ibrahim Jadran, the commander of the so-called Petroleum Facilities Guard, took over two of Libya’s main oil exporting terminals used by the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) — Es-Sidra and Ras Lanuf. Read More
By Mohammed Sreit
With the discovery of oil, Libya entered a new and important phase in its history. The comfortable revenues that Libya made thanks to oil brought significant change. Read More
By Jeffrey Stacey
NATO and the EU have been formally requested by Libya to mount civilian stabilization operations. Read More
How can a young Libyan woman convince armed militia members to stop fighting? Read More
By Benoit Faucon
Recent attacks on two eastern Libyan ports have shut down a quarter of the country’s output, a spokesman for the state-run oil company said . Read More
How can a young Libyan woman convince armed militia members to stop fighting? Read More
By Ghaith Shennib and Hatem Mohareb
Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar is close to capturing the last major city out of his control in the oil-rich east, giving him a potential boost in the scramble for power before the fractured country heads to possible elections this year. Read More
By David Wood
Following the Nato invasion, Gaddafi’s rule gave way to a series of weak governments, each incapable of quelling the country’s internecine feuds. Read More
President Emmanuel Macron managed to break the Libyan iceberg in Paris. He convened all four parties to the Libyan conflict, along with the heavyweight presence of presidents and high delegations from a number of state. Read More
By Mustafa Fetouri
On May 31, and away from the glaring media, Libya, Chad, Sudan and Niger signed in the Chadian capital N’Djamena a security protocol to strengthen cooperation among the neighboring countries. Read More
By Gregory Aftandilian
Macron, despite his so-called bromance with Trump, believes he needs to step into the void created by erratic and misguided US leadership. Read More
By Mustafa Fetouri
On July 25, 2017, at a serene historical site just outside Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a rare meeting between Libyan rivals, namely Read More
By Nadine Dahan
Libyans will have a constitution and elections by the end of the year and, once the vote is held, political leaders must be prepared to accept the results, the head of Libya’s top advisory council has told Middle East Eye. Read More
By Hafed Al-Ghwell
President Emmanuel Macron of France assembled representatives of the international community and some of the warring Libyan parties in Paris last week in an attempt to find a solution to the Libyan crisis. Read More
By Jacob Mundy
Libya has been politically unstable since 2011 when a successful uprising against Gaddafi’s longstanding regime left a power vacuum. A transitional government was elected in 2012; it quickly became dysfunctional. Read More
Libya’s eastern city of Derna is under a full-scale attack by forces of the self-styled army led by Khalifa Haftar with the assistance of foreign aircraft, including a French one as recent report revealed. Read More
Kremlin-backed businessman befriends Tripoli government while Moscow shows support for its powerful opponent
By James Marson
When Russia welcomed a Libyan warlord aboard its aircraft carrier last year, it looked like the Kremlin was throwing its weight behind a rival to the United Nations-backed government in the North African country. Read More