List of Libya articles
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses for a photo during a visit a hospital in Tripoli, the capital of Libya on October 18, 2011. AFP PHOTO/KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL (Photo credit should read ) Hillary Clinton Has No Regrets About Libya
The intervention didn’t go according to plan. But the Democratic front-runner doesn’t think withdrawing from the Middle East is the answer.
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tripoli ‘There Will Be Bloodshed if He Comes Here’
Can the world’s hand-picked prime minister for Libya survive long enough to put the country back together?
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GettyImages-115745817 (1) Meet Ali Bongo Ondimba, Obama’s Man in Africa
In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba talked U.S. military support and his father's controversial legacy.
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-globalthinkers Is Obama Too Thoughtful for His Own Good?
In today’s complex, tumultuous world of global affairs, perhaps nuance and patience aren’t assets for an American president.
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TOPSHOT - Members of a brigade loyal to the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed fighters, drive pick up trucks mounted with machine guns during a military parade following battles against the Islamic State (IS) group, in the city of Sabratha, west of the capital Tripoli, on February 28, 2016. On February 19, a US air strike near Sabratha targeted a suspected IS training camp, killing 50 people. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images) Libyans at Guantanamo Bay Can’t Go Home, So the U.S. Sends Them to Senegal
The Pentagon’s latest transfer from its military detention center in Cuba underscores how the disaster in Libya is complicating President Obama’s push to close the prison.
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The new Libyan flag is raised during a parade in the eastern city of Benghazi to celebrate the second anniversary of Nato's first military operation in Libya on March 19, 2013. On 19 March 2011, Kadhafi's troops and tanks entered the city and the same day French forces began an international military intervention in Libya, later joined by coalition forces with strikes against armoured units south of Benghazi and attacks on Libyan air-defence systems, after UN Security Council Resolution 1973 called for using "all necessary means" to protect Libyan civilians and populated areas from attack by government forces. AFP PHOTO / ADBULLAH DOMA (Photo credit should read ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP/Getty Images) The Big Lie About the Libyan War
The Obama administration said it was just trying to protect civilians. Its actions reveal it was looking for regime change.
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-globalthinkers Let the Judging of the Obama Administration Begin
From the Islamic State to Libya, from China to Putin, can the sitting U.S. president offer real perspective while he’s still inside the White House?
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AP_416298040051 crop Bombs Alone Won’t Beat the Islamic State in Libya
Western military intervention in Libya will work only if Libyans are on board. It's time for a political strategy.
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<> on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada. Obama’s Drone Policy Gets an ‘F’
A leading think tank says the White House has failed to lift the veil of secrecy obscuring key details of its lethal drone program.
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Libyans stand next to a crater and debris at the site of a jihadist training camp, targeted in a US air strike, near the Libyan city of Sabratha on February 19, 2016. A US air strike on a jihadist training camp in Libya killed dozens of people Friday, probably including a senior Islamic State group operative behind attacks in Tunisia, officials said. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images) Why the U.S. Strike in Libya Wasn’t Just About Libya
Washington was also trying to protect Tunisia — and help keep the Arab Spring’s only success story from going off the rails.
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tripoli How Much of Libya Does the Islamic State Control?
More than you think -- and it’s growing. But putting boots on the ground could only make the situation worse.
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Heavy black smoke rises an oil facility in northern Libya's Ras Lanouf region on January 23, 2016, after it caught fire following attacks launched by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists to seize key port terminals. Firefighters battled a blaze at an oil facility in northern Libya for a third day, an official said, after an assault by jihadists aiming to seize export terminals. / AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Why Libya Matters — Again
The Islamic State is gaining ground in Libya’s chaotic vacuum and Western governments are worried
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Islamic State fighter (ISIS; ISIL) waving a flag while standing on captured government fighter jet in Raqqa, Syria, 2015. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images) The Islamic State Will Survive America’s Military Onslaught
In a new report, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicts the ranks of the Islamic State will swell in 2016.
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GettyImages-509219408crop U.S. Spy Chiefs Think the World Is Pretty Much Going to Hell
From the Islamic State gaining strength in Libya to Kim Jong Un shopping some of the world’s most dangerous weapons, here are the top takeaways from a grim day with the nation’s top spooks.
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U.S. Army soldier provides security for infantry patrolling through Dandarh village, Afghanistan. 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2016
From Syria to the South China Sea, the conflicts and crises the world will face in the coming year.
