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Still in the Game: Ankara’s Quiet Pivot in Libya – A View from Tripoli

Tripoli, the evening of June 4, 2025. Around sundown, I stood on the corniche of Treeg al-Shat near the Waddan Hotel, watching as a convoy of armored pickups moved hastily toward the Radisson Blu “al-Mahary”. The vehicles belonged to the General Security Apparatus (GSA) – a Zintani-led force headed by the Libyan Interior Minister’s brother […]

In Tripoli, A War on Militias Quickly Becomes a War of Militias

The Unraveling of “Stability” in Tripoli

Over the past 24 hours, Tripoli has witnessed a rapid escalation in armed confrontations involving key factions aligned with the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Special Deterrence Force (SDF). This bout of violent clashes began Tuesday evening, when directives from Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeiba had mandated the evacuation by the SDF-affiliated  Judicial Security […]

Solving Libya’s economic collapse will require confrontation—not consensus

Turkey’s Syria and Libya strategies add up to a Mediterranean power play

Russia is making a fragile pivot from Syria to Libya. The West should beware falling into a new trap.

Sudan is caught in a web of external interference. So why is an international response still lacking?

Derna’s Man-Made Disaster and the Tragedy of Libya’s Fate

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The making of rivals and strange bedfellows : patterns of Turkish and Russian security assistance in the Syrian and Libyan civil wars