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Libyan conflict • 7 min read
Egypt hosts leading GNA figures vying for top positions in future government
The meeting marked Sarraj’s first visit to Cairo since 2017
11 November 2020
Egypt-Libya relations • 13 min read
Amid ‘devolution’ in Libyan peace process, Egypt looks to leave mark on political-military landscape
Egypt appears to be attempting a delicate balancing act.
12 October 2020
Egypt foreign policy • 29 min read
Trimming Turkey’s wings: Ankara and Cairo fight for influence in Africa and East Med
Turkey has emerged as the primary antagonist in areas where Egypt has been trying to make its mark
25 August 2020
Egypt-Libya relations • 24 min read
Why Egypt may not be going to war in Libya
Egypt has received assurances that Turkey is not going to push that much farther east.
4 July 2020
Libyan conflict • 27 min read
What comes after the collapse of Haftar’s western campaign?
Both Turkey and Egypt vying for the role of energy hub. 
8 June 2020
Libyan conflict • 18 min read
UAE, Egypt prepare for Haftar’s exit after loss of Wattiyah air base
The move comes as Haftar is losing internal support as well
19 May 2020
Libya • 20 min read
An ‘unpopular mandate’? Battles in Tarhouna, Wattiyah to prove decisive for Haftar’s pact with international, Libyan backers
Tarhouna and Wattiyah could prove decisive for the Tripoli campaign and Haftar's political profile
29 April 2020
Libyan conflict • 28 min read
From Tripoli’s front lines: How Haftar recovered from the setback in Gharyan and what’s next for the advancing LNA
Tensions within the LNA have not faded away, despite the presentation of a unified front.
28 December 2019
Libyan National Army • 25 min read
The Libyan National Army’s patchy walk toward Tripoli
3 months into the assault on Tripoli, Mada takes stock of the LNA's alliances after a major setback
8 July 2019
 
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Libya After the Revolution
Magali Corouge
 
 
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Opinion
Vijay Prashad
Libya: The battlefield of the New Arab Cold War
Libya’s “Islamic State” executed 21 Coptic workers from Upper Egypt. These workers are among the
23 February 2015
Fouad Halbouni
Are the Arab revolutions dead yet?
In his writings dedicated to the Arab revolutions, French philosopher Alain Badiou has maintained
6 May 2014
Peter Snowdon
Libya: The shadow of the people
On the third anniversary of the Libyan uprising, a YouTube video reminds us that the struggle for bread
18 February 2014
 
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News
Libya • 8 min read
Merkel at Berlin conference on Libya: Arms embargo to be ‘more closely monitored than in past’
19 January 2020
Arab League • 3 min read
Sources: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain to condemn Qatari media at Arab League for broadcasting “false information”
9 September 2019
Egypt-Libya relations • 3 min read
Source: Egypt called for dismissal of Libyan ambassador after he met Qatari diplomats in Cairo
27 November 2018
Al-Mourabitoun • 3 min read
Ashmawy confession leads to mass grave containing bodies of prominent militants
16 October 2018
Egyptian migrants • 2 min read
Bodies of 13 Egyptian migrants found in Libya
8 September 2017
BBC • 7 min read
Sisi’s interviews with UK media ahead of London visit
4 November 2015
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