By Wafa Hallam
Almost a decade after a US-backed international coalition toppled Gaddafi in Libya, the country is still marred in war and human rights abuses of all kinds. The latest discovery of mass graves adds to the list of gruesome crimes. Read More
By Muhammad Hussein
It is rare to see a government throw a sustained tantrum against another due to differences over foreign policy, especially without first attempting to solve it through diplomatic means. That, though, is exactly what France has been doing for months against Turkey over its influence in the Mediterranean and Libya. Read More
By Matthew Page & Jodi Vittori
Dubai is just one of many enablers of global corruption, crime, and illicit financial flows, but addressing the emirate’s role presents anticorruption practitioners, law enforcement agencies, and policymakers with particularly complex challenges. Read More
By Ragip Soylu
Turkish officials reticent to blame anyone outright for the raid, though indications UAE aircraft were responsible are increasing. Read More
By Dilara Aslan & Eralp Yarar
France has continued its denial of having a presence in oil-rich Libya in support of a putschist who has wreaked havoc across the country for years. Yet now, Paris appears clueless about the future of its presence in the country. Read More
By Essam AbdelShafy
In light of the developments that the Libyan crisis has witnessed since the early 2020 until now, and with an escalating debate about the Turkish role in the crisis, and the difference that such role can make in support of Libyan legitimacy, there is a set of proposals and basic considerations that both Turkish and Libyan parties should consider seriously, including: Read More
Guest: Fred Wehrey
Jon Alterman: Fred 
is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was a senior policy analyst at RAND for seven years. Before joining Carnegie, he served for 21 years in the Air Force, both in active and reserve duty. He is the author of Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya. Fred, welcome to Babel. Read More
By Ferhat Polat
The increasing number of mercenaries, who are mobilizing to support Haftar’s self-declared LNA in Sirte, indicates Haftar’s backers are repositioning themselves on the front line for maximum advantage. Read More
After having been one of the European countries to provide the greatest diplomatic and logistic support, and remaining silent regarding the thousands of deaths and massacres committed by its troops, France has finally abandoned General Khalifa Haftar. Read More
Ferhat Pirincci
Following back-to-back successes by Government of National Accord, all sides seem to reorder positions. Read More
By Muhittin Ataman
After Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) – with Turkish military support – launched Operation Volcano of Rage against putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar and his militias, conditions on the ground changed dramatically. Read More
By Borzou Daragahi & Oliver Carroll
Fighting moves from west to centre and south of country, as Egypt advances towards border, and Tripoli ignores truce calls. Read More
By Aydogan Kalabali
Arming Libyan tribes to fight in ranks of Haftar remote possibility due to historical hostility among them. Read More
By Omar Kosh
Why did Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi threaten to intervene in Libya when it is unlikely that such a threat will be translated into military operations? Read More
By Marc Pierini
EU leaders must either decide to act jointly as the European Union or leave Libya’s future in the hands of Russia and Turkey—with dangerous consequences for NATO and for Europe’s security. Read More
Interview: Jalel Harchaoui
France and Turkey are engaged in a war of words over their interventions in Libya. Read More
By Moahmed Ali Ltifi
During his visit to France, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied stressed his country’s unwavering neutral position on the conflict raging in Libya, to the dismay of the country’s Islamist Ennahda movement. Read More
By Paul Iddon
Even though the 14 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets and Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer bombers delivered by Russia to Libya in May have not yet been used in combat in Libya’s civil war, the question of who exactly is piloting these warplanes has already come up. Read More
By Jean AbiNader
The last few weeks have been a disaster for a hoped-for peace process in Libya. Ex-general Haftar has beaten a retreat from Tripoli; Russia is sending in more military resources; and rivalries among antagonists doom the country’s prospects. Read More
By Martin Chulov
Diplomatic efforts intensify to avert Cairo’s entry into Libya’s nine-year civil war amid wider tensions. Read More
By Michael E. O’Hanlon & Federica Saini Fasanotti
There has been mildly encouraging news out of Libya in recent months, almost nine years after the overthrow of Gadhafi led to chaos rather than an improvement in governance and stability. Read More
By Gulsen Topcu
Sirte, al-Jufra has become dangerous place due to criminal provisions, Russian mercenaries, says army spokesman. Read More
As Libya’s putschist Khalifa Haftar grows weaker and weaker, his sponsors have threatened to intervene in the conflict if cities like Sirte and Jufra are attacked by the UN-backed government. Read More
By Jen Alic
After pushing General Haftar from Tripoli and key surrounding areas, Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) thought it was game over for the general, but now it finds itself describing the latest Egyptian move on this venue a “declaration of war.” Read More
On June 25, 2020, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a virtual briefing titled “The Way Forward in Libya: Assessing Regional and International Initiatives.” Read More
By Kersten Knipp
The Egyptian president has threatened to intervene militarily in Libya. Then there would be a third foreign power in the country alongside Russian mercenaries and Turkey. There is a lot at stake. Read More
By Roger Boyes
The Libyan civil war is spreading its toxins across Europe. It is drawing in mercenaries from Syria and from Russia. Local militia commanders sit on stockpiles of guns. Read More
By Sondos Asem & Ragip Soylu
Despite Sisi’s recent bellicose statements, chances of open war between the rivals are slim. But could eastern Mediterranean deals pave the way for an agreement? Read More
Egypt’s President Sisi is threatening military action in support of the warlord Khalifa Haftar as the Tripoli-based GNA seeks to take the key coastal city of Sirte. Read More
By Tawfiq Rabahi
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi went to the border with Libya on Saturday to boost his army’s morale before sending them to fight against a foreign enemy. The visit was given a lot of media coverage. Read More
By Emily Estelle
Egypt is preparing for a military intervention to prevent Turkish-backed forces from advancing into eastern Libya. Read More
By Brian Katz & Joseph Bermudez Jr.
New imagery analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) of Russian operations in Libya indicates the breadth and depth of Russian involvement, as well as its limits in altering the conflict’s trajectory, as seen in recent setbacks for Moscow’s primary partner, General Khalifa Haftar and the Libyan National Army (LNA). Read More
By Kali Robinson
The conflict in oil-rich Libya has become a proxy war, fueled by rival foreign powers such as Russia and Turkey. Read More
By Yezid Sayigh
The Egyptian military may intervene in neighboring Libya, but it likely wants to avoid a major confrontation. Read More
By Bel Trew & Rajaai Bourhan
Libya has morphed into the world’s newest proxy conflict and at its heart is a labyrinth of mercenary recruitment stretching across Russia, Syria and Turkey.
By Alessia Melcangi & Giuseppe Dentice
The new Turkish assertiveness in Libya and Libya National Army (LNA) General Khalifa Haftar’s strategic retreat from the Western part of the country have created a new equilibrium in the conflict. Read More