Announcement comes as Arab League ministers hold an emergency meeting to find ‘a pause’ in intensified fighting.

Islamists and their allies are aware of the important role media plays in the war in Libya. To them, amplifying or even fabricating information that helps their side is a key tactic, but it apparently

Libya has been implicated in some of the most infamous terrorist atrocities of recent decades including the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the suicide attack on the Manchester Arena three years ago.

Bottom Line Up Front: After suffering significant battlefield losses, warlord Khalifa Haftar and his Egyptian sponsors pushed for, but could not achieve, a cease-fire to the conflict in Libya.

What is the best way to describe the conflict in Libya? Is it a civil war between competing factions? Or has the conflict in fact morphed into a proxy war where there are several competing

Reported civilian casualties in Libya have surged over the past year amid a prolonged battle for the capital, Tripoli, with forces believed to be linked to a warlord based in the eastern part of the

Libya: After Tripoli-aligned forces made significant military gains in May (see the latest edition of CrisisWatch), forces led by Khalifa Haftar withdrew from Tripoli International Airport, their last stronghold in the capital. Crisis Group expert

Even as a growing number of Arab and African states look to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance to help counter the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Algeria has made it clear it

Absent major military escalation by his foreign patrons, Khalifa Hifter has now lost the war he initiated against Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli. The question remains, however, of how to end Libya’s proxy war

The blast targeted a security point at the entrance to Taraghin, 780 km (590 miles) south of Tripoli, but did not cause any casualties, a resident said. Islamic State said on Monday it was behind