By Tomas Avenarius and Paul-Anton Krüger
The civil war in Libya escalated. Now there could be a direct confrontation between Turkey and Russia and the Emirates. Read More
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By Tarek Megerisi
Conflict in Libya has claimed the lives of tens of thousands, generated instability throughout North Africa and the Sahel, and become an increasingly pitched focal point for geostrategic competition.
By James M. Dorsey
The United Arab Emirates and Turkey are locked into a regional power struggle that has fuelled conflict in Libya and could spark renewed fighting in Syria. Read More
By Tarek Megerisi
Conflict in Libya has claimed the lives of tens of thousands, generated instability throughout North Africa and the Sahel, and become an increasingly pitched focal point for geostrategic competition.
By Nebahat Tanriverdi Yasar
It was clear UAE wanted to finalize Libyan war with definitive victory, but now that doesn’t seem to be a choice. Read More
By Alison Pargeter
A fissure between Libya’s grand mufti and Salafists in western Libya risks further fragmenting the North African country. Read More
By Tarek Megerisi
European countries should try to revive the political approach to resolving the Libya conflict, particularly given that Turkey may want to do so from its current position of strength. Read More
On Thursday, April 23, Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar and President of the House of Representatives (HoR) Agila Saleh issued contrasting statements regarding Libya’s political transition, setting off a power struggle in eastern Libya. Read More
The United Arab Emirates continues to assist Libyan warlord Haftar’s offensive on capital Tripoli. Read More
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Forces aligned with Libya’s U.N.-installed government seized control of a key western military base from eastern-based commander Khalifa Hifter on Monday, delivering a major blow to his more than a year-long effort to oust the government. Read More
By Yahya Bostan
Interesting developments are taking place in Libya, where Turkey has been supporting the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and its legitimate armed forces under a November 2019 agreement. Read More
Then launching his bloody campaign to take Tripoli from Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in April 2019, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and his self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) expected a swift and conclusive victory. Read More
H I Sutton
Turkish-backed Libyan government forces have scored a significant intelligence coup, capturing an advanced Pantsir-S1 air-defense system at al-Watiyah airbase. In a twist, the Russian-made system was not supplied by Russia, but is believed to have come from the United Arab Emirates. Read More
By Tim Eaton
“I have tried to avoid a war of words with the Central Bank of Libya, but things really have crossed all lines,” an exasperated Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj announced in a public address on April 8. Read More
By Kristie Pladson
Despite supporting an embargo, Germany has exported €330 million in weapons to countries involved in the war in Libya. The conflict has escalated since Khalifa Haftar’s forces seized Tripoli. Read More
Turkey’s military intervention has turned Libya’s storyline on its head
By Peter Fabricius
Turkey’s dramatic military intervention into Libya’s civil-cum-proxy war on the side of the Tripoli government has changed the narrative from ‘Haftar tightening the noose around Tripoli’ to his ‘entire Western operation being in disarray,’ as one analyst puts it. Read More
Al-Watiya, which Haftar’s LNA used to stage, coordinate and supply operations in western Libya, is a huge loss for the eastern commander. Read More
By Burhanettin Duran
Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean may have de-escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Libyan crisis continues to deepen. ExxonMobil, Total and ENI stopped drilling in blocks 6 and 10 due to dropping oil prices. Read More
By Semih Idiz
Ankara has thrown in its lot with the Government of National Accord for reasons that have more to do with its own interests than Libya’s. Read More
Seven United Nations agencies called for a cease-fire in war-torn Libya that would allow local authorities and humanitarian organizations to focus on the coronavirus outbreak. Read More
By Samer Al-Atrush & David Wainer
A team of Western mercenaries linked with two Dubai-based companies was briefly deployed to Libya to assist Russian-backed strongman Khalifa Haftar in his offensive to capture Tripoli, according to a confidential UN report, underscoring how the country’s proxy war has become a magnet for hired guns. Read More
By Mohammed Cherkaoui
This paper examines what seems to be the dynamo factor, or driving force, of the Libyan conflict: fluctuation and reconstruction of political legitimacy.
By Merve Şebnem Oruç
The pandemic and the collapse of oil prices, as well as the post-coronavirus economic crisis concerns, hit headlines all around the world, but the disputes in the Middle East and North Africa show no signs of abating. Read More
By Alison Pargeter
On April 25, 2020, Khalifa Haftar, the eastern-based head of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) declared on television that he had been granted a popular mandate to rule. Read More
By Razmig Bedirian
Razan Al Naas is paying tribute to the country’s rich and diverse history through her work. The nearly touching hands from Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam meet centre frame in one of Razan Al Naas’s collages, with Tripoli’s historic Bab Al Madina in the background. The hands are upended, palms towards the nozzle of a large bottle of hand-sanitiser. Read More
By Mohammed Cherkaoui
This paper examines what seems to be the dynamo factor, or driving force, of the Libyan conflict: fluctuation and reconstruction of political legitimacy.
By Mohammed Cherkaoui
This paper examines what seems to be the dynamo factor, or driving force, of the Libyan conflict: fluctuation and reconstruction of political legitimacy.
By the normal standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a recent report into attempts by the United Arab Emirates to combat money laundering and terrorist financing is damning, to say the least. Read More
By Anas El Gomati
World leaders met in Berlin on January 20 to enforce an arms embargo and ceasefire to end the long-running civil war in Libya. Read More
Between conflict and pandemic, women pay the higher price
By Asma Khalifa
Now more than ever, the country needs everyone’s contribution to survive the upcoming changes. Immediately after the state of emergency was declared in Libya, the government in Tripoli began dispensing funds intended to combat the pandemic. Read More
By Christopher O’Brien
The two main parties in the conflict are the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, and the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar.
By Ferhat Polat
The scale of violence against civilians exhibited by Haftar’s forces impedes any possibility for a return to a political process. Read More
By Tobias Pietz
With Irini (Eirene), the Greek goddess of peace, the European member states have set themselves a high bar when choosing the name for the new naval mission in the Mediterranean. Read More
By Kirill Semenov
While Russia doesn’t want to see Khalifa Hifter’s self-styled Libyan National Army collapse, there are signs Moscow’s interests may align more closely with other figures in the country’s eastern government. Read More
By Sandy Alkoutami & Frederic Wehrey
Among the bevy of great and middle powers involved in Libya, China is often neglected.
By Mohammed Cherkaoui
This paper examines what seems to be the dynamo factor, or driving force, of the Libyan conflict: fluctuation and reconstruction of political legitimacy.