By Sylvie Kauffmann
In the Eastern Mediterranean, the West has retreated. That leaves Turkey and Russia to fill the vacuum. Read More
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Unlike Turkey, which was requested to help defend the legitimate UN-recognised government in Tripoli, Egypt has no such mandate to enter Libya. Read More
By Edward P. Joseph & Jeffrey A. Stacey
Libya is among the most intractable conflicts in the world today. Despite UN Secretary General Guterres’s global appeal for a cessation of violence during Covid-19 conditions—and the initial positive response from Libya’s chief combatant General Khalifa Haftar—intense fighting continues.
Egypt is threatening the UN-backed government of Libya with a tribal rebellion, but many tribe leaders have slammed the former military general. Here’s a breakdown of Libya’s tribal demographics. Read More
By Diego Cupolo
Surveying activities by a Turkish ship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea have put Greek forces on high alert as Ankara seeks leverage in regional maritime border disputes. Read More
By Edward P. Joseph & Jeffrey A. Stacey
Libya is among the most intractable conflicts in the world today. Despite UN Secretary General Guterres’s global appeal for a cessation of violence during Covid-19 conditions—and the initial positive response from Libya’s chief combatant General Khalifa Haftar—intense fighting continues.
By Karim Mezran & Federica Saini Fasanotti
In a recent article for the Atlantic Council, Nathalie Loiseau, a former French minister for European affairs and distinguished member of the European Parliament, expresses her disappointment about Turkey’s new adventurism in the Mediterranean basin in general and in Libya in particular. Read More
By Ali Murat Alhas
Following meeting with top Maltese, Libyan officials, Turkish defense minister says 3 countries on same page on most issues. Read More
By Galip Dalay
In Sirte and Jufra, Turkey will arguably be open to different options so as not to antagonise Russia completely. Ankara’s Libya policy is part and parcel of three interlinked Turkish policies. Read More
By Ferhat Polat
Until now the EU has not been able to take a forceful position on Libya or provide meaningful strategies for de-escalation. Read More
By Sasha Toperich & Michael Barbaro
The United States Constitution is unique in the way it has endured over two centuries of a dynamic nation. It is a gold standard to which other countries would do well to exemplify when building the foundations of their own democratic societies. Read More
Eric Topona
Last week, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German parliament, the Bundestag, called for the deployment of UN peacekeepers to stabilize Libya. Read More
By Sarah Feuer
The prime minister’s resignation throws the country into political uncertainty at a time of mounting economic challenges, coronavirus fears, social unrest, and potential spillover from the Libya conflict. Read More
By Missy Ryan & Sudarsan Raghavan
An absence of U.S. leadership in Libya has allowed a dangerous international confrontation to deepen, analysts say, as a spiraling proxy war stokes threats to American economic and security interests and provides Russia a platform to expand its clout in the Mediterranean. Read More
By Saša Petricic
Foreign powers, regional factions fight for control of Libya as west’s abandonment leaves power vacuum. Read More
Void between Words and Deeds Harms French Credibility and Fight Against Impunity. Read More
By Andrei Isaev
Domestic and external actors never tire of calling for a ceasefire in Libya, but the situation continues to escalate nonetheless, both in and outside the war-torn North African country. Read More
By Paul Iddon
With Turkey vowing to support more offensives by its ally in the Libyan civil war, Egypt might intervene militarily on the opposite side, potentially leading to a dangerous conflict between the Turkish and Egyptian militaries in that North African nation. Read More
Small businesses are suffering in Libya from continuous waves of unrest. Amid pandemonium in the state of Libya and a worldwide pandemic, small business owners suffer from the unstable conditions in their country, and struggle to keep their business afloat. Read More
In late June, with the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) reversing several years’ worth of gains made by the Khalifa Hafta-led Libyan National Army (LNA) in a matter of weeks, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi issued a fiery warning during an inspection of his armed forces. Read More
The rapid development of events in Libya have led to the consent of the rebel general Khalifa Haftar to talks with the internationally recognized government in Tripoli. Read More
By AFRICOM
Verified photographic evidence shows indiscriminately placed booby-traps and minefields around the outskirts of Tripoli down to Sirte since mid-June. Read More
By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
Despite presenting itself as a reliable and diplomatic actor in the war-torn country, Paris is pursuing its own economic and security interests at all costs. Read More
By Metin Gurcan
Albeit late, Turkey seems to have finally understood the importance of diplomacy in Libya. Read More
By Samer Al-Atrush
A delayed audit of Libya’s central bank is now contributing to a devastating oil blockade, the latest twist to a regional proxy war launched by Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar against the United Nations-backed government in Tripoli. Read More
By Metin Gurcan
In parallel with its military activities in Libya and rising profile in Africa, Ankara moves to strengthen its geostrategic and geo-economic ties with Maghreb countries. Read More
By Fehim Tastekin
Although France has the means to hamper Turkey, both in the European Union and Africa, its current strategy often plays into Turkey’s hands, as evidenced by its recent failure to squeeze Turkey through a NATO probe. Read More
By Dr. Adam McConnel
Turkey is the region’s most democratic and industrialized Muslim nation, making it an example not only locally, but also for the world’s one billion Muslims. Read More
Turkish president throws his lot in again with Russia and Iran in Syria, expands plans for influence in North Africa and moves to convert the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. Read More
By Hassan Abu Hanya
Many countries are engaged in what is a complex conflict in Libya, and so some obvious proxy wars are shaping up. For several reasons, Egypt and Turkey are the most involved due to the profound impact of what is happening in Libya on their national security and vital interests. Read More
By James J. Coyle
Russia has announced it wants peace in Libya, according to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He told reporters that Russia is working with Turkey on an immediate ceasefire agreement. Russia’s commitment to the process is questionable, however. Lavrov’s announcement followed the weekend postponement of ministerial-level talks on the ceasefire. Read More
By Francis Ghiles
Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron did a brilliant job removing Muammar Gaddafi and left a Libya size hole for Islamists, Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, Salafists and assorted “democrats” to fill. Read More
By Talha Köse
Libya’s urgent need is a strong stability, which is only possible with the elimination of spoilers like Haftar and his primary sponsor, the UAE. Read More
Here is a simulation that may seem to many people fictional for tragic stories, but the truth is clear on all walls of Tripoli through witnesses and testimonies of its inhabitants who left it under force and returned to it disappointed. Read More
By Thomas M. Hill
Foreign forces are using Libya as a proxy for their own competition while Libyans’ interests are sidelined. Read More
By Taylor Luck
A principle of President Trump’s foreign policy is to allow local players to resolve regional conflicts. But with U.S. allies Egypt and Turkey clashing in Libya, could a solution just be a phone call away? Read More