Radical Islamists and criminal gangs fighting Gen. Khalifa Hifter alarm the West, which may cast him as the lesser evil.
Tag: Libya
Hopes Raised During the Arab Spring Are Being Revived Across North Africa
The uprisings of 2011 are inspiring a new generation to challenge entrenched, authoritarian leaders, raising hopes as well as doubts about the future.
U.S. Military Pulls Out of Libyan Capital as Rival Militias Battle
Forces under the command of an aspiring strongman, Gen. Khalifa Hifter, advanced on Tripoli as rival factions attacked from the air for control of the capital, the repository of Libya’s oil revenue.
Ambush Slows Libyan Militia’s Drive to Take Capital
A prolonged and murky battle may lie ahead, and the United Nations secretary general left Libya with “a heavy heart.”
Militia Advances on Libyan Capital, Raising Prospect of Renewed Civil War
Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who controls eastern Libya, has for years threatened to seize the entire country. Rival militias vowed to stop him.
3 Teenage Migrants Are Charged in Malta With Hijacking Ship at Sea
The suspects, said to be a sociology major and two high school students, allegedly forced a small tanker that had rescued them and others off Libya to head for Europe.
2nd Trudeau Minister Resigns as Canada’s Political Crisis Swells
“There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them,” Jane Philpott said in stepping down.
U.S. and Tunisia Are Fighting Militants Together. Just Don’t Ask Them About It.
The involvement of American Marines in the North African country where the Arab Spring began is deeper than either country has acknowledged.
Times Insider: How We Made an Invisible Crisis at Sea Visible
An ambitious Opinion Video project produced across three continents — in collaboration with a pioneering forensic research group — shines a spotlight on the more than 16,000 migrants who have died trying to cross the Mediterranean since 2014.
A League of Their Own, as Few Arab Leaders Attend Summit
The red carpet was there as the Arab League held its fourth economic and social summit. But it was trod upon by only the smallest of feet.