By Paul Iddon
Russia recently deployed additional military forces to Libya in support of General Khalifa Haftar’s forces based in the east of the country; a move that could prove problematic for Turkey, which supports the government based in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Read More
By Maxim A. Suchkov
On Dec. 7, US Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of the United States Africa Command, said that an American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital, Tripoli, last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses. Read More
The UAE uses its mercenaries in both Sudan and Libya to plunder the fortunes and capabilities of the two countries and spread chaos in them to serve its sabotage plots. Read More
By Michael Peel, Laura Pite, and Kerin Hope
Drawing of new maritime boundaries heightens regional battle for undersea resources. Read More
By Patrick Wintour
Jordan, Turkey and UAE singled out for ‘routinely and blatantly’ supplying weapons. Read More
By Wolfram Lacher
In post-revolutionary Libya, the collapse of central authority and the fragmentation of territorial control have produced a fundamental change in the political elite.
By Wolfram Lacher
In post-revolutionary Libya, the collapse of central authority and the fragmentation of territorial control have produced a fundamental change in the political elite.
By Phil Stewart & Aidan Lewis
The U.S. military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft’s wreckage, U.S. Africa Command says. Read More
Officials in Libya’s U.N.-supported government say they plan to confront Moscow over the alleged deployment of Russian mercenaries fighting alongside their opponents in the country’s civil war. Read More
Libyan and US officials accuse Moscow of deploying private contractors to key battleground areas for General Haftar. Read More
Russian aid will come at a cost.
By Frederic Wehrey
In a shattered villa south of the Libyan capital that serves as his field headquarters, a middle-aged militia commander named Mohammed al-Darrat, an engineer in another life, fretted over incoming ordnance. Read More
A Kremlin-backed tyrant in Tripoli would be a disaster for U.S. interests.
By Emily Estelle
American interests are under attack in Libya, whether we realize it or not. Adversaries and allies alike are attempting to install a dictator. Read More
By Ethan Chorin & Dirk Vandewalle
French President Emmanuel Macron struck a raw nerve last week by calling NATO “brain dead” and urging its membership not to rely on the United Sates for direction (which in any case is unlikely to come soon). Read More
Mezran interviewed by Formiche regarding Italy’s stance in Libya
By Francesco Bechis
The expert from Libya and the Middle East Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council: the exclusion of Italy from the NATO briefing on Libya certifies that Rome no longer has a voice, in its place Ankara has taken over. Read More
Too many players engaged on both sides in Libya’s civil war to assume that Khalifa Haftar will emerge victorious. The US is the wild card. Read More
By Diego Cupolo
Ahead of this week’s NATO summit in London, fresh developments in the eastern Mediterranean Sea will likely add to a long list of tensions between Turkey and allied nations as the bloc celebrates its 70th anniversary. Read More
By Francesca Mannocchi
Many of those who seek refuge in Europe find themselves stranded in a Libya at war with itself. Read More
By Wolfram Lacher
In post-revolutionary Libya, the collapse of central authority and the fragmentation of territorial control have produced a fundamental change in the political elite.
By Wolfram Lacher
In post-revolutionary Libya, the collapse of central authority and the fragmentation of territorial control have produced a fundamental change in the political elite.
By Angelos Syrigos
We do not yet know the details of the agreement signed on Thursday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the head of Libya’s National Accord government Fayez al-Sarraj. Read More
By Kenan Malik
The EU’s dirty work is being carried out by the UN’s scandalous policy on migrants. A hospital that finds its patients so burdensome that it denies them medical care. Read More
The Bolognese swindler who became a terrorist in Libya
By Gian Franco Coppola
After 6 years of manhunt, the entrepreneur returned to Italy accused of having set up a scam tour with luxury yachts and cars and fled to Tunisia before ending up arming the jihadist rebels in Libya. Read More
By Tim Eaton
A new effort to manage the economy, one that brings together both sides of the war with international partners, is an essential step forward. Read More
They think if the Jews come back everything will be ok
Interview By Thore Schröder
Raphael Luzon has been hosted by Gaddafi, kidnapped by Islamists and was asked to help with drafting the new constitution. Read More
By Wolfram Lacher & Peter Cole
This paper examines the rise and fall of hybrid security sector institutions in Libya, and the political interests at stake in security sector reform.
By Nicole Gaouette & Ryan Browne
Russia has deployed military forces to Libya that are “de-stabilizing” the North African country, a top State Department official warned Tuesday. Read More
By Dan Sabbagh, Jason Burke and Bethan McKerna
Civilian casualties are mounting as opposing sides deploy cheap Turkish and Chinese-made aircraft.
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By Arturo Varvelli & Matteo Villa
In early November, Italy decided not to withdraw from the memorandum of understanding (MoU) it signed with Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in February 2017. Read More
By Emily Burchfield
At a recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on November 18, 2019 concerning Libya, members were privileged to hear from Rida Al-Tubuly. Read More
By Ben Fishman
Until recently, very little had changed in Libya since April, when General Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the self-styled “Libya National Army,” attacked Tripoli. Read More
Attempts at Appeasing Khalifa Haftar Risk Further Escalating Libya’s Civil War
By Wolfram Lacher
Almost eight months into the offensive on Tripoli by Khalifa Haftar’s “Libyan Arab Armed Forces” (LAAF), the war shows no signs of abating. Read More
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Eight suspected Islamic State members were captured in this scarred city in recent weeks, Libyan commanders say. Militant sleeper cells, they say, lurk in some neighborhoods. Read More
By Wolfram Lacher & Peter Cole
This paper examines the rise and fall of hybrid security sector institutions in Libya, and the political interests at stake in security sector reform.
Document calls for ‘immediate action’ to save lives after EU renews coastguard deal
By Daniel Boffey
The EU has admitted in a leaked report that it cannot monitor the Libyan coastguard and that the detention of migrants is a “profitable business model” for Libya’s government, with whom it has recently renewed a controversial deal to stem migration to Europe. Read More
By René Wildangel & Tarek Megerisi
Although Germany’s mediation role in the Libyan conflict has received relatively little attention so far, this might change if its initiative leads to a peace conference – or, alternatively, a collapse of the political process. Read More
By Wolfram Lacher & Peter Cole
This paper examines the rise and fall of hybrid security sector institutions in Libya, and the political interests at stake in security sector reform.