By Hayder al-Khoei & Ellie Geranmayeh & Mattia Toaldo
This analysis was titled ‘After ISIS: How to Win the Peace in Iraq and Libya‘. However, we decided to only publish the sections related to the situation in Libya in two parts. Read More
Tag - Sirte
By Hayder al-Khoei & Ellie Geranmayeh & Mattia Toaldo
This analysis was titled ‘After ISIS: How to Win the Peace in Iraq and Libya’. However, we decided to only publish the sections related to the situation in Libya in two parts. Read More
By Mel Frykberg
A total of 1523 people died in violent incidents, including bombings and shootings in Libya during 2016, the NGO Libya Body Count has reported (www.libyabodycount.org). Read More
The ground is shrinking beneath the feet of the jihadists of Islamic State (IS). Iraqi troops are moving closer to the centre of Mosul, the last big city under its control in Iraq, while Kurdish and Arab fighters eye Raqqa, its putative capital in Syria. Read More
By: Taha Zargoun
Driven from their homes by fighting in 2011 and then again this year, displaced Sirte residents face dire need even as their city is recaptured from militants. 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