The Washington foreign policy establishment has an ingrained belief in its own brilliance and is all too willing to succumb to hubris about the extent of its power, influence, and ability to will the ...

Sarkozy, who had welcomed Gadhafi to Paris with great honours in 2007, became one of the first Western leaders to push for military intervention in Libya in March 2011, when Arab Spring pro ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...

Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

Bill Clinton, for example, saw the Middle East largely through the lens of retaining U.S. military superiority ... involved in regional conflicts (Libya in 2011; Yemen in 2015) that had little ...

The Libyan revolution of 2011 undoubtedly presented South Africa with one of ... voted for Resolution 1973 which authorised military intervention in Libya. This gave the go-ahead for a NATO-led ...

Grappling with other national security concerns, Trump said he did not see a role for the U.S. in Libya, adding that the U.S. "has right now enough roles." Trump has criticized the Obama ...

The U.N. Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced on Tuesday it had formed a committee to propose ways to resolve contentious issues hindering the holding of long-awaited national elections.

Migrants expressed their dismay and sense of betrayal on Wednesday over Italy's decision last week to release a Libyan ...