On October 20, Libya’s eastern-based legislature the House of Representatives ratified the 2019 maritime memorandum between Libya and Turkey, reversing years of opposition to Ankara and aligning with...
At the beginning of this year, the speaker of eastern Libya’s parliament described a proposed maritime border deal with Turkey as “built on illegality.” However, on October 20, the same parliament...
Activists Head to Gaza via Land Convoy: More than 7,000 pro-Hamas activists drawn from several North African countries crossed from Tunisia into Libya on June 10, traveling in a...
Libya’s prime minister fired his top diplomat on August 28 for meeting with her Israeli counterpart last week. News of the meeting had earlier set off protests in several cities...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine violates the commitments Moscow reaffirmed in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, in which Russia pledged not to threaten or use...
His network sold substantial nuclear equipment and assistance to Iran, Libya, and North Korea and contributed to lasting security crises.
Although the extent to which the climate of détente will affect the Horn is not certain, the relative calm offers a unique opportunity for Washington to claim leadership and prevent the kind of violent rivalry that proved disastrous in Syria and Libya.
For the first time in a decade, an Israeli prime minister is visiting Egypt. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hosting Naftali Bennett at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, at a time when Cairo has...
The U.S. State Department announced on July 19 that Abdul Latif Nasir, a detainee held at Guantanamo since 2002, had been transferred to his native country of Morocco. Nasir’s transfer from Guantánamo...
How the Abraham Accords put the final nail in the coffin of a bad idea.
The United Nations is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary, but hold the applause. The global body has still failed to address the two key issues that undermine its legitimacy in the United States:...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Cypriot capital of Nicosia on Saturday to address both Turkey’s ongoing oil and gas exploration in Cypriot and Greek waters as well as Russia’s efforts...
Ankara’s growing military footprint in Libya is President Recep Erdogan’s effort to compensate for his failure to establish Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated governments in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa.
According to official statistics COVID-19 has barely affected Libya, but the true number of cases is likely underreported. An ongoing civil war, a large refugee and migrant population, and a deficient...
On April 29, the Islamic State’s “province” (wilayah) in Yemen released a lengthy video that is intended to undermine al-Qaeda’s ideological legitimacy within the jihadists’ ranks. The 50-plus...
The coronavirus has barely affected Libya, according to official statistics, but the true number of cases is likely underreported. An ongoing civil war, a large refugee and migrant population, and a deficient...
The global oil market entered the COVID-19 crisis with extreme supply excess, created by record U.S. and Russian production alongside an intentional production increase by Saudi Arabia. This week, on April...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to turn the tide of the civil war in Libya, but the pushback from the Turkish electorate – and Russian President Vladimir Putin – is likely to restrain his...
Turkish-Qatari partnership in the Middle East will strengthen Islamist extremism and threaten American interests in the region, new think tank report finds
The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis