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Violence left over 430 people dead in 2017 in Libya
By Afra Aksoy A total of 433 people, including 79 children and 10 women, were killed during violence in Libya in 2017, according to a human rights group Monday. In its annual report, Tripoli-based...
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Libya’s shrines: Cultural legacy under threat
Libya is in danger of losing a huge part of its cultural heritage. Ongoing conflicts are partly to blame, but some historical shrines are being deliberately destroyed, the graves they house defiled....
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Victims of Insane Conflict: Dozens of children among Libya’s 2017 dead
Libya’s 2017 death toll of 433 people included 79 children and ten women, according to figures released by the National Human Rights Commission in Libya (NHRCL). The organisation recorded 201...
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Wounded Libyans struggle as Benghazi fight ebbs
Since 2014, Libya has been split between rival military factions and governments. Economics student Mutassim Al Misrati lost his leg in an RPG attack in April 2014 while fighting in Benghazi, his home...
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Tycoon Alexandre Djouhri held at Heathrow over Sarkozy’s ties to Gaddafi
By Charles Bremner A businessman is to be deported to France after being arrested at Heathrow airport on a warrant from French judges investigating claims by the Gaddafi family that it bankrolled the...
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In Libya, political assassinations threaten forthcoming elections
The recent assassination of Salah Al-Qatrani, a Libyan activist, marks the 201st political assassination in the country since 2017 and the first of 2018. Al-Qatrani, the director of the Educational...
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2017: A Record Year for U.S. Counterterrorism Strikes
By Bill Roggio & Alexandra Gutowski The United States launched a record number of airstrikes in Yemen and Somalia in 2017, and more importantly has reinitiated the targeting of terrorists in...
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Step by Step, UN Action Plan for Successful Transition Takes Hold in Libya
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman arrived in Libya on 10 January to discuss with Libyan leaders the implementation of the United Nations Action Plan for the country and...
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Russia in the Mediterranean: Strategies and Aspirations
By Anna Borshchevskaya and Mohamed Eljarh The following report is based on points raised during a Mediterranean Advisory Group meeting on “Russia in the Mediterranean” held by the KAS Regional Program...
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Libya: Events of 2017
Political divisions and armed strife continued to plague Libya as two governments vied for legitimacy and control of the country, and United Nations’ efforts to unify the feuding parties flagged. The...
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Men With Guns Still Rule in Libya as Return to ‘Ghost Town’ Blocked
By Ahmed Elumami More than six years after they were forced to leave their homes in the civil war that toppled Gaddafi, tens of thousands of residents of the Libyan ghost city of Tawergha were finally...
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