By Ramy Aziz
Since Italy first announced its first confirmed case of coronavirus in late January, the virus has spread throughout the country with unprecedented speed. Read More
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By Michael Young
In an interview, Rebecca Murray describes her recent trip to Libya and reports on the suffering there. Read More
By Tarik M. Yousef, Noha Aboueldahab, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Yahia H. Zoubir, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, and Nader Kabbani
In this outlooks, the scholars tackle pressing challenges tied to governance, civil society, inequality, security, autocracy, climate change, and citizen participation. Read More
By Frederic Wehrey
The coronavirus outbreak is likely to bring into focus the legitimacy and governance deficit of troubled Middle Eastern regimes. Read More
By Aneela Shahzad
If the Russians interfered with the 2016 US presidential elections, it was a huge calculation and it certainly paid off. Read More
By Célian Macé
For 365 days, rebel marshal Khalifa Haftar has been trying to seize the Libyan capital. In recent weeks, new clashes have broken out around the city. Read More
By Giorgio Cafiero
Exactly one year ago, the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA)’s westward offensive on Tripoli was launched. Read More
With the Turkish deal with the Tripoli-based government, a new military escalation appears likely while a political solution recedes farther. Read More
By Tarek Megerisi
With a typically forceful announcement by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on 31 March, the EU marked the launch of its new naval mission to Libya. Read More
By James Durso
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres moved quickly to nominate a successor to Ghassan Salamé, who served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations (UN) Support Mission in Libya from 2017 to 2020. Read More
Community Dynamics and Economic Interests
By Tim Eaton, Abdul Rahman Alageli, Emadeddin Badi, Mohamed Eljarh, and Valerie Stocker
This paper is based on approximately 200 interviews carried out by the authors – in person and remotely – with a wide range of Libyan actors between November 2018 and September 2019. This the paper does not claim to cover all armed groups in the country.
By Sherif Taha
One of the basic well-established principles in Islamic law is that death has a sanctity and dignity that must be observed, whether the deceased is Muslim or non-Muslim, being one of God’s creatures that He Almighty has honored. Read More
By Jihâd Gillon
Libya, a war-torn country with a health care system that is already on the verge of collapse, has officially confirmed its first case of COVID-19. Read More
With the first case of COVID-19 now confirmed in Libya, the IRC is warning that an outbreak of the disease could have a devastating impact on the country, where conflict continues to tear people’s lives apart. Read More
By Mel Plant
Libya’s battered healthcare system is ill-equipped to face the emerging coronavirus outbreak in the country as fighting continues to rage on, humanitarian, health and rights organisations have warned. Read More
By Daniel L. Byman & Israa Saber
How can the United States and other powers avoid causing more harm in the long run, or compromising on their values, when they must work with dangerous warlords? Read More
Community Dynamics and Economic Interests
By Tim Eaton, Abdul Rahman Alageli, Emadeddin Badi, Mohamed Eljarh, and Valerie Stocker
This paper is based on approximately 200 interviews carried out by the authors – in person and remotely – with a wide range of Libyan actors between November 2018 and September 2019. This the paper does not claim to cover all armed groups in the country. Read More
Militias loyal to General Khalifa Hafter in Libya have suffered heavy losses in the ongoing battle for the capital, Tripoli. Read More
While the world is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, war-shattered Libya marks one year Saturday of its latest bloody conflict that is plunging it ever deeper into chaos. Read More
By Hussein Eddeb
Some fear Libya’s already fragile health system could collapse under the burden of rising Covid-19 cases. Read More
Interview by Benoît Delmas
For the past eight days, a military escalation has been underway, ignoring the Covid-19. Read More
Ensure Medical Care, Reduce Detainee Population
As Libyan authorities confirmed three COVID-19 cases in the country as of March 28, 2020, they need to be prepared to limit the spread of the virus in overcrowded detention facilities and shelters for displaced people, Human Rights Watch said today. Read More
By Marc DAOU
Many observers are fearing the worst after the first coronavirus case was recorded in Libya on March 24, with two rival governments fighting to take control of the country and a health system that has been on its knees for nearly a decade amid the chaos that followed the overthrow of Gaddafi’s regime in 2011. Read More
Community Dynamics and Economic Interests
By Tim Eaton, Abdul Rahman Alageli, Emadeddin Badi, Mohamed Eljarh, and Valerie Stocker
This paper is based on approximately 200 interviews carried out by the authors – in person and remotely – with a wide range of Libyan actors between November 2018 and September 2019. This the paper does not claim to cover all armed groups in the country. Read More
By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
Though the UAE seems to be helping Haftar capture Tripoli, its primary objective is to prevent an independent and stable oil-rich Libya from emerging. Read More
By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
Though the global spotlight is on Greece’s restrictive treatment of refugees seeking a safe haven from conflict, Europe as a whole has sought to block their arrivals, leading to much unnecessary human suffering. Read More
By Mustafa Abu Sneineh
The current outbreak of Covid-19, a coronavirus, has reawakened memories of previous pandemics. Read More
By Hafed Al-Ghwell
Just as the coronavirus is more dangerous to people with underlying medical conditions, the Middle East and North Africa faces a crisis caused not by the coronavirus alone, but also by their already existing economic, social and political fragility. Read More
Community Dynamics and Economic Interests
By Tim Eaton, Abdul Rahman Alageli, Emadeddin Badi, Mohamed Eljarh, and Valerie Stocker
This paper is based on approximately 200 interviews carried out by the authors – in person and remotely – with a wide range of Libyan actors between November 2018 and September 2019. This the paper does not claim to cover all armed groups in the country. Read More
By Omar Al-Hawari
Since Sirte was seized by Haftar’s forces last January, the Interim Government affiliated to the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) appointed new local authorities to run the city instead of the elected local council. Read More
By Sasha Toperich
The world has been fixated on the COVID-19 virus, and rightly so. While the virus remains deadly and continues to proliferate, countries have become united in their efforts to prevent its spread. Read More
By Patrick Wintour
Factions step up offensives while international actors distracted by coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Community Dynamics and Economic Interests
By Tim Eaton, Abdul Rahman Alageli, Emadeddin Badi, Mohamed Eljarh, and Valerie Stocker
This paper is based on approximately 200 interviews carried out by the authors – in person and remotely – with a wide range of Libyan actors between November 2018 and September 2019. This the paper does not claim to cover all armed groups in the country. Read More
Conflict escalates as first case of Covid-19 reported
By Borzou Daragahi
Libya’s internationally recognised government announced the country’s first case of coronavirus, but the prospect of an outbreak of the pandemic wasn’t enough to prevent a major escalation in the country’s ongoing civil war. Read More
By Eralp Yarar
Underlining that diplomacy follows realities on the field, experts say Haftar must be forced toward reconciliation through the use of deterrent force. Read More
The MENA region has been going through an existential crisis for almost a decade. The emergence of COVID-19 comes at a time when most of these countries are already on the precipice of a disaster, adding severe political and health implications for some time to come. Read More