National Transitional Council

May 12, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Successes and Failures of the U.S. and NATO Intervention in Libya

Download the full written testimony here (PDF). Ch...

September 21, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda’s Plan for Libya Highlighted in Congressional Report

An unclassified report published in August highlights al Qaeda's strategy for building a fully operational network in Libya. The report ("Al Qaeda in Libya: A Profile") was prepared by the f...

June 19, 2012 | Ammar Abdulhamid |

The Pristina-Damascus Connection

PRISTINA | A few weeks ago, three Syrian opposition activists arrived in this small Balkan capital for a short visit. The trio stayed in a hotel downtown – “nothing fancy,” acco...

June 7, 2012 |

Oh, Those Wily Wascally Webels!

McCain’s Heroes, aka the Libyan Mujahideen, have attacked the U.S. embassy office in the “rebel” stronghold of Benghazi — the launchpad from which many of said “rebe...

November 23, 2011 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Split Ends

In March, the Syrian regime began slaughtering peaceful demonstrators in Deraa, a small city close to the Jordanian border. In August, the American president called for the man responsible for th...

November 11, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz

U.S. Policy in Syria

Written Testimony for the Record Contributors to this testimony included: Mark Dubowitz (FDD), Reuel Marc Gerecht (FDD), Tony Badran (FDD), Ammar Abdulhamid (FDD), Jo...

November 8, 2011 | FPI/FDD |

Towards a Post-Assad Syria

    Towards a Post-Assad Syria: Options for the United States and Like-Minded Nations to Further Assist the Anti-Regime Syrian Opposition A Discussion Paper Prepared by the Foreign...

October 27, 2011 | Andrew McCarthy National Review Online

Our Libyan Adventure

Qaddafi’s dictatorship was preferable to an Islamist Libya.

October 24, 2011 | Khairi Abaza CNN

Egypt’s Army is Failing to Build Consensus for Democracy

The death of longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is shaking the Arab world. And nations like Egypt, which next month holds its first parliamentary elections since the fall of President Hosni...

October 21, 2011 | Reuel Marc Gerecht Bloomberg

Next Arab Domino May Be Oil Darling Algeria

The death of Muammar Qaddafi is a cause for joy in Libya, and for concern. Some worry t...

September 1, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi Standpoint |

Syria Business

Last March, President Barack Obama explained that the US military had participated in a UN-authorised mission to protect Libyan civilians from the wrath of Libya's regime. He offered a power...

August 23, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal

Libya’s New Government Should Give Up the Lockerbie Bomber

Berlin — As Moammar Qaddafi’s 42-year tyranny comes to an end, the transitional government faces enormous challenges in establishing democratic institutions and eradicating t...

August 23, 2011 | John Hannah

Libya: A Valuable Success and a Warning to Tyrants

The imminent collapse of Qaddafi’s regime is a major milestone not simply for the long-suffering Libyan people, but for the broader Arab uprising of 2011. Qaddafi’s ability to cling t...

August 22, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer

President Obama Vindicated on Libya?

President Obama will certainly appear vindicated by the news that Tripoli has fallen. Libyans have even more reason to celebrate, now that the long war against Muammar Qadhafi appears to be neari...