By Ahmed Salah Ali
The current fight against the Islamic State (ISIS, IS, Daesh) and Salafi jihadis in Libya should not distract from other Salafi groups in Benghazi and Tripoli that are spreading and enforcing anti-democractic and illiberal views and practices. Read More
By Richard Norton-Taylor
Lawyers say reasons former MI6 senior official has not been prosecuted over Libyan dissident’s abduction and torture cannot be made public. Read More
Libyan leading civil and human rights lawyers have concluded that Libya cannot pursue its own war criminals and human rights violators. Read More
A solemn funeral in Derna carried the victims who were killed, on Monday, in an airstrike. Read More
By Karlos Zurutuza
Zuwara has buried 2,000 people who never made it to Europe. But the sea has eroded their temporary graves, and locals need a solution – fast. Read More
The Brookings Doha Center (BDC) hosted a panel discussion on October 4, 2017, which discussed the possibilities and challenges of pursuing transitional justice in the Arab world. Read More
Tarik M. Yousef
Why was the Tunisian revolution a success? The director of the Brookings Doha Center, Tarik Yousef, tells us how they managed a peaceful political transition. Read More
By Oussama Romdhani
Although Tunisia is still seen favorably in Washington, the US is unlikely to be its savior. No matter how much Washington reflects on Tunisia as a successful democratic transition, the mood in Washington will not lead to large amounts of aid to magically fix Tunisia’s security and economic woes. Read More
By Ahmed Elumami, Ulf Laessing
Fashionable cafes springing up in Libya’s capital are shutting out single men and catering for women looking for a break from the tensions – political and personal – crowding in around them. Read More
By Natalie Bannerman
The Zambian government has been ordered to pay $380 million to the Libyan Investment Authority over the nationalisation of Zamtel. Read More
By Abdullah Ben Ibrahim
A senior leader from Majabra tribe and one of Benghazi’s elders and dignitaries has been released after 24 days of abduction by a militia group in Benghazi. Read More
By Francesca Astorri
An illegal business of this magnitude can hardly survive without a very wide network of operators. Read More
By M. Reza Behnam
The United States’ wars in the Persian Gulf region have largely been about securing control of the region’s energy resources and stabilizing the oil currency policies that have fueled America’s expansive economy since 1945. Read More
By: Times Reporter
Rwanda’s recovery and reconciliation process after the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi offers necessary lessons to help future peacekeeping operations, senior military, police and civilian officials from different African countries said. Read More
The success of the initiative will depend on a serious commitment from Libya’s various factions, broad international support, and improvements to daily life for the public. Read More
By Tim Sebastian
With three rival governments and the reluctant host to thousands of migrants making their way to Europe, Libya is in chaos. Will it ever unite for democracy? Read More
By Khalid Mahmoud
Libya’s outgoing National Salvation Government Prime Minister Khalifa al-Ghweil told Asharq Al-Awsat on Friday that Libyan National Army (LNA) leader Khalifa Haftar will not be able to break into Tripoli. Read More
By Aidan Lewis and Ulf Laessing
Libya’s water crisis is a powerful symbol of state failure in a country that was once one of the wealthiest in the Middle East. Read More
By Damien McElroy
Failure to tackle self-interest in status quo is making UN’s Ghassan Salame’s monumental task all the tougher. Read More
By Mieczysław P. Boduszyński
Egyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between extremism and chaos or autocracy. Read More
By Alison Pargeter
While there are some signs of progress, the fundamental issues that lie at the heart of the Libyan conflict are still very much unresolved. Read More
By Rhiannon Smith and Lachlan Wilson
The recent seizure of Sabratha by Haftar forces indicates growing social support in the area. If the UN process fails or stalls, it may make it easier for Haftar to try and take Tripoli by force Read More
By Mat Nashed
A group of Libyan activists are working alongside Egypt’s Al-Azhar to protect religious clerics defending moderate Islam in Libya from extremist attacks. Read More
By Francesca Mannocchi
With victory of militia aligned with Khalifa Haftar and Salafi fighters, Sabratha residents anxious over who might take control of their city next. Read More
Migrants crossing Mediterranean Sea on second attempt after being pushed back and then released for payment. Read More
By Alastair Sloan
The arguments for and against toppling the nasty dictators of the Middle East go back to the late 1970s when Paul Wolfowitz first began agitating for the removal of Saddam Hussein. Read More
Fuel smuggling and the lucrative business that connects Libyan, Maltese and Italian criminals has been ignored by law enforcement. Read More
By Sami Zaptia.
On the sixth anniversary of Libya’s ‘‘liberation day’’ from the Qaddafi regime, Libya’s new political elite is still unable to reach agreement on some sort of social contract that would take the country out of its debilitating interim period. Read More
By Abdulkader Assad
Libyan Monarchy activists are preparing to hold an exceptional conference in Gharyan city on October 31 in order to help create a bloc involving all those calling for the return of the Libyan Monarchy. Read More
Oil prices appear to be stuck in the $50s per barrel, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t serious supply risks to the market. Read More
By Edwina Brincat
A Maltese civil court has declared that it is to continue hearing a case instituted by the Libyan state to recover funds held by the late Mutassim Gaddafi, fourth son of Gaddafi, in a Maltese-registered company of which the son was sole shareholder. Read More
By Ulf Laessing
Month-long U.N.-backed talks aimed at bridging differences between rival Libyan factions ended on Saturday with no discernable progress towards stabilizing the country and paving the way for elections. Read More
As part of the regular season of weekly seminars held at the ACRPS, the Program for the Study of Democratic Transition in the Arab Countries convened a joint meeting of three scholars to discuss the roles of the security and military establishments in transitional phases in the Arab region. Read More
His staunch defiance of Euro-Atlanticist imperialism made him a revolutionary for some. For a time. Read More
By Nikolaj Nielsen and Eric Maurice
EU leaders at a summit in Brussels still have no solution to an internal asylum stalemate, opting instead to focus their attention on stopping people from leaving for Europe. Read More
by Shafik Mandhai
The six years since the Libyan people’s successful uprising to end Gaddafi’s rule have seen the country divided between rival governments, various armed groups, ethnic militias, and a renegade general. Read More