The proxy war in Libya is heating up as Turkish president Erdogan makes good on a promise to commit Turkish troops to the defence of the Tripoli-based GNA.
Articles tagged: ‘Libya’
A brief review of a tumultuous year
Posted on2019 has seen the biggest protests in the MENA region since 2011 together with ongoing wars, escalating tensions and economic and political insecurity.
Journalism under assault in Libya, the UAE and the UK
Posted onThree recent cases highlight the dangers for journalists and academics who analyse and cover the MENA region.
Turkey’s deepening involvement in the Libyan conflict
Posted onA maritime rights agreement between Turkey and the besieged Tripoli Government of National Accord draws Turkey deeper into the civil war in Libya.
The struggle for Tripoli
Posted onToo many players engaged on both sides in Libya’s civil war to assume that Khalifa Haftar will emerge victorious. America is the wild card.
The Libyan blind alley
Posted onHaftar’s military operation to take Tripoli seems to have failed. His foreign supporters. Need for an international conference and a political solution.
Libya: stalemate continues
Posted onHaftar’s LNA remains stuck around Tripoli. More bloodshed, but not comparable with true civil war. International community ineffective.
British police enter the Bahrain embassy
Posted onA stunt by a Bahraini protester against the recent executions raises important questions.
Sudan – shaky progress
Posted onEditor’s note: Arab Digest is taking a couple of weeks’ summer break. We will resume publication after the Eid al-Adha holiday, probably 15 August.further work on the 17 July agreement delayed by killings including four schoolchildren – now resuming. Since agreement was reached on 17 July between the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the civilian protesters represented by the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) (our posting of 18 July) it has been shaken by events but not, it appears, knocked off course. A Reuters report of 30 July summarises …
UAE – after Yemen
Posted onMore on the UAE drawdown from Yemen, and UAE objectives and policy.