By M.G. Oprea
Russia’s increased involvement in Libya is another sign that President Vladimir Putin seeks a resurgent Russia that holds sway with allies throughout the Middle East. Read More
Tag - Islamic State
MEE contributor
The GNA has struggled to unite country and overcome economic crisis but Ahmed Maiteeq tells MEE progress is being made Read More
By Rohan Gunaratna
In 2017, the so-called Islamic State (IS) will decentralise posing a pre-eminent terrorist threat. To deter the international community against continued intervention in its heartland IS will stage attacks worldwide. Read More
By Eric Schmitt
The Islamic State, though driven from its coastal stronghold in Surt this week, still has several hundred fighters who have dispersed across Libya and pose a threat to the country, its neighbors and, potentially, Europe, according to American officials and the Pentagon’s Africa Command. Read More
By Aidan Lewis
Islamic State has lost senior figures in an unsuccessful seven-month battle to defend its coastal stronghold in Libya, but there are already signs it will try to fight back through sleeper cells and desert brigades. Read More
By Tarek Megerisi and Mattia Toaldo
Russia’s support for Khalifa Haftar in the name of countering terrorism could instead escalate Libya’s conflict and undermine the UN-sponsored political process. Read More
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Libyan militias backed by American airstrikes said they have cleared the stronghold of the Islamic State in Libya, a defeat that would set back the group’s ambitions in North Africa. Read More
By Hassan Morajea and Maria Abi-habib
Libyan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes retook the coastal city of Sirte from Islamic State on Monday, ending a monthslong battle for the extremist redoubt and dealing a fresh blow to the extremist group’s regional ambitions. Read More
By Francesca Mannocchi
Months after the battle for Sirte was declared ‘over,’ women raped by IS are still imprisoned for questioning by forces of UN-backed government. Read More
With the first anniversary of the signing of the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA), on 17th December 2015, approaching in two weeks’ time, Libya Herald, on the margins of the Med 2016 conference in Rome, took the opportunity yesterday to exclusively interview the head of UNSMIL, Martin Kobler, about the LPA. Read More