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Read about Libya’s civil war and struggle to restore state institutions since the ouster of Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi. Track the latest developments on CFR’s Global Conflict Tracker.
With two rival governments at either end of the country, ongoing political ruptures and now, fresh military mobilization, there are fears Libya could be heading toward more violence and fighting.
BP and Shell have signed agreements to assess new opportunities in Libya, as international oil majors step up their return to the North African country more than decade after it collapsed into civil ...
SHEL and BP partner with Libya's NOC to explore and develop hydrocarbon potential across three key oilfields, marking a ...
Not even Libya’s militias, who — like everyone else — get their money from it. That calculation may be all that saved the country from another civil war.
Libya is sliding back into civil war as Haftar’s forces advance on Tripoli, global powers remain passive, and oil politics drive deeper divisions between rival governments.
What was marketed as a fragile return to order in Libya has, once again, been exposed as a mirage. On May 12, Tripoli plunged into chaos following the reported killing of Abdul Ghani al-Kikli (aka ...
BP and Shell have signed new deals with Libya’s NOC to explore and assess oil and gas fields, signaling Big Oil’s broader ...
The British energy giants signed agreements with Libya's National Oil Corp. to study new opportunities, joining international ...
The GNU, under the leadership of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeiba, has made Ankara a key partner in the security and reconstruction of Libya’s armed forces. The new agreement comes to reaffirm this ...
The Sudanese army has accused the forces of eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar of attacking Sudanese border posts, the first time it has accused its northwestern neighbour of direct ...