On 16 December, just a few days after Libya’s long-awaited referendum law was passed by the Houses of Representatives, it faced its first legal hurdle. Veteran lawyer and member...
Between May and December last year Daesh attacked three sensitive government sites in the Libyan capital Tripoli causing deaths, injuries and extensive damages. All three sites symbolise state sovereignty...
December 27, 2018
Dr Mustafa Fetouri On 5 January it will be 33 years since the end of Operation Moses, the secret operation to smuggle thousands of Ethiopian Jews, known as Falashas, out of Sudan...
December 20, 2018
Dr Mustafa Fetouri If you did not know much about Chad, a country in the middle of Africa, it most likely it caught your eye on 26 November when its President, Idriss...
December 13, 2018
Dr Mustafa Fetouri December 17 marks the eighth anniversary of what is called the “Arab Spring”, which started in Tunisia before spreading to the rest of the Middle East and North Africa...
A couple of years before the first Palestinian Intifada against the brutal Israeli occupation in 1987, Naji Al-Ali, a famous Palestinian cartoonist, produced one of his finest cartoons motivating...
November 29, 2018
Dr Mustafa Fetouri The Palermo conference on Libya went ahead as scheduled — 12/13 November — with all of the local protagonists present, along with many regional and international players. Italy finally...
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Dr Mustafa Fetouri Between September 2017 and last month, Egypt hosted seven rounds of talks aimed at unifying the military establishment in neighbouring Libya. Participants were representatives of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar,...
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Dr Mustafa Fetouri On 19 November, it will be 41 years to the day that the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat embarked on his stunning and controversial visit to Israel. His trip...
Next week, Italy is hosting an international conference on Libya in Palermo, Sicily. Italy has every reason to be concerned about what is happening in Libya, given that the...
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US When France first occupied Algeria, an Arab, Muslim country on the Mediterranean coast in North Africa, in 1830 it did so with the firm belief that Algeria is an...
Seven years have passed since the United Nations authorised military intervention in Libya under the pretext of “humanitarian intervention” and a “responsibility to protect”. At the time it was...
The UN General Assembly voted on Tuesday by an overwhelming majority to grant the State of Palestine enhanced rights and privileges, allowing it to take over the chair of...
When Donald J Trump was three years old the UN General Assembly met a few blocks away from where he was born and adopted Resolution 302. That was in...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) was established by the international organisation in September 2011 for an initial period of three months. UNSMIL’s mandate was to help the...
September 26, 2018
Dr Mustafa Fetouri French journalist Jacques Mallet du Pan (1749-1800) once described the French Revolution by saying that, “Like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children.” Look at Libya today and you will...
September 20, 2018
Dr Mustafa Fetouri Since the revolt that led to NATO intervention in Libya in 2011, the UN Security Council has passed almost 30 different resolutions and issued half-a-dozen presidential statements on the...
September 12, 2018
Dr Mustafa Fetouri A new round of violence erupted on 27 August south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, between militias nominally allied to the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the 7th...
September 5, 2018
Dr Mustafa Fetouri Tawergha is a small Libyan costal town roughly 300 kilometres east of the capital Tripoli. Its estimated that 40,000 of its inhabitants are black Libyans who have lived there...
Mohammad Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s energetic young Crown Prince, seems to be in a hurry not only to consolidate his domestic power, as monarch-in-waiting, but also to make his...
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Yemen During a press conference at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on 30 July, President Donald Trump said, “e recognise Italy’s leadership role in the stabilisation...
At the height of its strength in Libya, Daesh controlled the coastal city of Sirte, about 500 kilometres east of Tripoli, having amassed a sizeable force thanks to hundreds...
On 28 June, European Union leaders gathered in Malta for a summit specifically to come up with some policy or agreeable solution to stem the flow of migrants and...
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Poland Did NATO use lethal depleted uranium (DU) during its seven-month air campaign against Libya while intervening to support the groups who rebelled against the government of Muammar Gaddafi in...
![UN Special Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame speaks during a joint press conference with Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano (not seen) following their meeting at the Farnesina Foreign Ministry headquarters in Rome, Italy on August 08, 2017 [Riccardo de Luca / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170808_2_25141691_24781092.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
On 16 December, just a few days after Libya’s long-awaited referendum law was passed by the Houses of Representatives, it faced its first legal hurdle. Veteran lawyer and member...![A Daesh sign at the entrance of the city of al-Qaim, in Iraq's western Anbar province near the Syrian border, seen on November 3, 2017 [AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GettyImages-869813922.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Between May and December last year Daesh attacked three sensitive government sites in the Libyan capital Tripoli causing deaths, injuries and extensive damages. All three sites symbolise state sovereignty...![Rwandan refugees living in Israel, stage a demonstration after Israeli authorities decided to deport refugees in Tel Aviv, Israel on 7 February 2018 [Kobi Wolf/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018_2-70Rwandan-refugees-those-who-live-in-Israel-stage-a-demonstration-20180207_2_28567764_30535008.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
On 5 January it will be 33 years since the end of Operation Moses, the secret operation to smuggle thousands of Ethiopian Jews, known as Falashas, out of Sudan...
If you did not know much about Chad, a country in the middle of Africa, it most likely it caught your eye on 26 November when its President, Idriss...![Protesters in support for Mohamed Bouazizi on 15th January 2011 [Antoine Walter/Flickr]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2011_01_15-Proest-in-support-of-Mohammed-Bouazizi-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
December 17 marks the eighth anniversary of what is called the “Arab Spring”, which started in Tunisia before spreading to the rest of the Middle East and North Africa...
A couple of years before the first Palestinian Intifada against the brutal Israeli occupation in 1987, Naji Al-Ali, a famous Palestinian cartoonist, produced one of his finest cartoons motivating...![Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (R) and UN Special Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame arrive on 13 November 2018 for a press conference following an international conference on Libya in Palermo. - [Filippo MONTEFORTE/ AFP/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GettyImages-1061120784.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Palermo conference on Libya went ahead as scheduled — 12/13 November — with all of the local protagonists present, along with many regional and international players. Italy finally...![Smoke rises after a suicide attack took place in Libya’s High National Elections Commission headquarters on 2 May 2018 [HtewishM/Twitter ]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018_4-24-suicide-attack-at-Libya’s-electoral-commission-DcLqFF1XcAAxZDp.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Between September 2017 and last month, Egypt hosted seven rounds of talks aimed at unifying the military establishment in neighbouring Libya. Participants were representatives of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar,...
On 19 November, it will be 41 years to the day that the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat embarked on his stunning and controversial visit to Israel. His trip...
Next week, Italy is hosting an international conference on Libya in Palermo, Sicily. Italy has every reason to be concerned about what is happening in Libya, given that the...
When France first occupied Algeria, an Arab, Muslim country on the Mediterranean coast in North Africa, in 1830 it did so with the firm belief that Algeria is an...
Seven years have passed since the United Nations authorised military intervention in Libya under the pretext of “humanitarian intervention” and a “responsibility to protect”. At the time it was...
The UN General Assembly voted on Tuesday by an overwhelming majority to grant the State of Palestine enhanced rights and privileges, allowing it to take over the chair of...![Protest outside UNRWA after employees were to be forced in to retirement [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/UNRWA-agrees-temporary-deal-to-end-Gaza-workers’-protestsc1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
When Donald J Trump was three years old the UN General Assembly met a few blocks away from where he was born and adopted Resolution 302. That was in...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) was established by the international organisation in September 2011 for an initial period of three months. UNSMIL’s mandate was to help the...![File photo of a militant with the Libyan Revolutionaries Operations Room, who have links to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) [file photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/news/africa/libyan-rebel-revolutionaries-operations-room-ror.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
French journalist Jacques Mallet du Pan (1749-1800) once described the French Revolution by saying that, “Like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children.” Look at Libya today and you will...![Smoke rises after a militant blew himself up inside the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, Libya [91.2 Crooze Fm/Twitter]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Libya’s-National-Oil-CorporatioDmyS02jW0AAQZyC.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Since the revolt that led to NATO intervention in Libya in 2011, the UN Security Council has passed almost 30 different resolutions and issued half-a-dozen presidential statements on the...
Tawergha is a small Libyan costal town roughly 300 kilometres east of the capital Tripoli. Its estimated that 40,000 of its inhabitants are black Libyans who have lived there...![Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, a Yemeni politician (L) with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman [Bandar Algaloud/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Abdrabbuh-Mansur-Hadi-Mohammed-bin-Salman-Al-Saud-in-Saudi-Arabia2.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Mohammad Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s energetic young Crown Prince, seems to be in a hurry not only to consolidate his domestic power, as monarch-in-waiting, but also to make his...
During a press conference at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on 30 July, President Donald Trump said, “e recognise Italy’s leadership role in the stabilisation...![Forces linked to Government of National Accord (GNA) attack Daesh positions during the operation ''Al Bunyan Al Marsous'' at the city of Sirte, Libya on November 21 2016 [Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/20161121_2_20255555_16241757.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
At the height of its strength in Libya, Daesh controlled the coastal city of Sirte, about 500 kilometres east of Tripoli, having amassed a sizeable force thanks to hundreds...![African migrants who were arrested in Algeria while illegally attempting to get to Europe, leave the refugee camp located in the Zeralda region, suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria after Algerian government has started the process of expelling thousands of migrants, on 28 June, 2018 [Farouk Batiche/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180629_2_31204308_35180395.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
On 28 June, European Union leaders gathered in Malta for a summit specifically to come up with some policy or agreeable solution to stem the flow of migrants and...![A British Royal Air Force Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon F2 (ZJ910) at the 2008 Air Day, Kemble Airport, Gloucestershire, England [Adrian Pingstone / WikiMedia]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1280px-Typhoon_f2_zj910_arp.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Did NATO use lethal depleted uranium (DU) during its seven-month air campaign against Libya while intervening to support the groups who rebelled against the government of Muammar Gaddafi in...