Did Bernard-Henri Lévy bring the civil war to Libya?
COLUMNS Daily Sabah > Columnists > Merve Şebnem Oruç MERVE ŞEBNEM ORUÇ @mervesebnem Published 20.01.2020 When Khalifa Hafter returned to Libya in 2014, he first came to the eastern part […]
A Warlord Rebuilds Benghazi in His Own Image – Return to Gadhafi Era in Libya
Benghazi was the center of the revolution against former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. After driving out the Islamists, warlord Khalifa Haftar has set up a culture of surveillance and […]
Ignorant wishful thinking has harmed our approach to Brexit – much as it did during the Arab Spring
The media scrum around College Green allows a sanitised version of events to rotate though the Westminster bubble Patrick Cockburn @indyworld The Independent Voices In the Arab Spring of 2011 […]
How France Is Making Libya Worse
Macron Is Strengthening Haftar By Jalel Harchaoui On July 25, at peace talks in Paris convened by French President Emmanuel Macron, the leaders of Libya’s two main factions—Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli and Marshal Khalifa Haftar of the self-styled Libyan […]
President Obama: Libya aftermath ‘worst mistake’ of presidency
Source: BBC US President Barack Obama has said failing to prepare for the aftermath of the ousting of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi was the worst mistake of his presidency. […]
At Benghazi Hearing, State Dept. Concedes Errors
By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr. WASHINGTON — The weaknesses with the handling of diplomatic security in Benghazi, Libya, that led to a deadly attack on a diplomatic outpost there were […]
Libyan witnesses recount organized Benghazi attack
Story Summary The witness accounts gathered by The Associated Press give a from-the-ground perspective for the sharply partisan debate in the U.S. over the attack that left U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead. Within 24 hours of the attack, both the embassy in Tripoli and the CIA […]
‘The rift in post-Qadhafi Libya’
by Musa Keilani | Mar 10,2012 | 22:43 JORDAN TIMES Is there a new civil war in the making in Libya? It does appear so, with local leaders announcing that they plan to make Benghazi and the surrounding areas a “semi-autonomous region” and the new regime in Tripoli pledging to […]
Libya suspends transitional government members
Transitional council deputy head quits after protests Jordan Times: Agencies | Jan 23,2012 BENGHAZI — The head of Libya’s transitional government on Sunday suspended delegates from Benghazi, the city that […]