By Sudarsan Raghavan
Incessant attacks on health facilities and medical workers in a brutal battle for control of Tripoli could amount to war crimes, the United Nation’s top envoy to Libya said Thursday in a strong condemnation. Read More
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By Michael Neu & Robin Dunford
It’s been eight years since the NATO-led military intervention in Libya. Many analysts consider the action a crucial step forward in protecting civilians from looming atrocity. But today, Libya stands further from peace than ever. Read More
By Gareth Smyth
When Khaled Mattawa moved from Libya to the US 40 years ago, he left behind not only his homeland but his home sea. Read More
Risks, Responses and Border Dynamics
HPG Working Paper
This Working Paper focuses on the situation of Libyans displaced since 2011, both within Libya itself and in Tunisia. Read More
By Giorgio Cafiero
Washington’s strategies in Libya under President Donald Trump have been unclear, lacking in vision for the US’s role, and hence discombobulated and contradictory, leading to continuing uncertainty. Read More
By Nick Cunningham
Libya’s oil production plunged to a five-month low this week, dragged down by another outage at the country’s largest oil field. Read More
Libyans who fled fighting outside Tripoli dream of returning to their homes as they prepare for the Eid Al-Adha festival with heavy hearts, worried they will end up living on the streets. Read More
Risks, Responses and Border Dynamics
HPG Working Paper
This Working Paper focuses on the situation of Libyans displaced since 2011, both within Libya itself and in Tunisia. Read More
By Tom Pollitt
People are dying in Libya’s refugee detention centers, their stories untold. Read More
Risks, Responses and Border Dynamics
HPG Working Paper
This Working Paper focuses on the situation of Libyans displaced since 2011, both within Libya itself and in Tunisia. Read More
By Alessandra Bajec
Dozens of Tunisian minors born to ‘Islamic State’ fighters remain in Libyan prisons despite repeated calls by family members to bring them home. Read More
By Sasha Toperich
At 3 a.m., staff at Istanbul’s magnificent new airport greet the Libyan Wings flight heading to Tripoli. Read More
By Elif Binici & Mustafa Kırıkçıoğlu
Having different ideologies and remedies for their country’s future and problems, the youth of Libya striving to make a positive push as the North African country’s slowly moves toward to democracy, civil society and prosperity. Read More
By Richard Galustian
What can break the deadlock in Libya’s civil war? Ghassan Salame, the UN’s point man for Libya, began his analysis and brief to the Security Council last week by emphasising that the armed conflict in Libya “shows no signs of abating”. Read More
Chatham House Report
This report examines the common economic factors that continue to drive conflict in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. Read More
Chatham House Report
This report examines the common economic factors that continue to drive conflict in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. Read More
On my visit to Libya’s war-torn capital in mid-June, a Libyan friend I’ll call Mohamed* helped arrange a meeting with two commanders in the Mahjub Brigade — one of the largest armed groups of Misrata, a port city 200km east of the capital. Read More
By Nashwa Gowanlock
The accounts in Our Women On The Ground are harrowing, endless and hardly contained within the binding of a book. Read More
By: Hasnaa El Jamali
Following the fall of Qaddafi, instability continues to persist in Libya. Read More
Chatham House Report
This report examines the common economic factors that continue to drive conflict in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. Read More
By Borzou Daragahi
Meet the group of activists risking their lives to provide a ‘third voice’ in the conflict. Read More
By Valeria Alice Colombo
While the whole of Europe was speaking about the castaways we had on board, we were the only ones hearing their stories. Read More
Hifter continues to bombard civilians after targeting the migrants center in Tajura. His forces recently targeted a plane carrying a regiment of Libyan pilgrims, and also carried out a raid on Murzuq, which killed dozens including women and children. Read More
By Nabih Bulos
On the southern edge of Libya’s capital, drones belonging to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates fly missions against forces on opposite sides. Read More
By Kaamil Ahmed
Middle East Eye looked through public documents showing how a former Israeli intelligence officer lobbying for Sudan’s military council became a major player in war-torn Libya. Read More
By Jalel Harchaoui & Mohamed-Essaïd Lazib
The Libyan state lacked transparent, self sustainable institutions long before the 2011 uprisings. Hundreds of local disputes and tribal feuds lingered across the country for decades. Read More
By Frederic Wehrey & Megan Doherty
Summary: With diplomacy failing and a battlefield stalemate in Libya, the United States must act to protect Libyan civilians from humanitarian disaster. Read More
By Anas El-Gomati
Haftar’s ability to frame coups as “wars on terror” ensures his international support, but masks a destructive manipulation of tribal dynamics. Read More
By Harper Neidig
Facebook said Thursday that it had removed an online disinformation campaign with ties to the Saudi government that was aimed at spreading propaganda across the Middle East. Read More
By Bulent Aras
Ankara’s intervention is risky in an environment of competing interests, but Turkey is desperate for Arab allies. Read More
By Jalel Harchaoui & Mohamed-Essaïd Lazib
The Libyan state lacked transparent, self sustainable institutions long before the 2011 uprisings. Hundreds of local disputes and tribal feuds lingered across the country for decades. Read More
LP family seeks help after relative’s alleged abduction by Libyan warlord.
By Ted Yoakum
Libyan women’s rights and democracy advocate Seham Sergiwa has been missing since July 17 after she critisized Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar in an interview. Read More
Many Libyans are abandoning the traditional purchase of the Eid Al-Adha sacrificial ram due to bank cash withdrawal limits and rising prices, LANA, the eastern-based official state news agency, reported on Friday. Read More
By Sebastian Bouknight
While a renegade Libyan army bombed an airport in government-held Tripoli in early June, American lobbyists were waging a proxy war in Washington. Read More
By Jalel Harchaoui & Mohamed-Essaïd Lazib
The Libyan state lacked transparent, self sustainable institutions long before the 2011 uprisings. Hundreds of local disputes and tribal feuds lingered across the country for decades. Read More
By Jalel Harchaoui & Mohamed-Essaïd Lazib
The Libyan state lacked transparent, self sustainable institutions long before the 2011 uprisings. Hundreds of local disputes and tribal feuds lingered across the country for decades. Read More