In late January 2019, the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to take control of the city of Sabha and the rest of southern Libya from the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) and local factions.

Identifying specific strategic locations in southern Libya, this article outlines the security challenges posed in each locale by virtue of its geography as well as its ethnic, political, and sectarian rivalries.

Musa Al-Koni (Arabic: موسى الكوني; born 5 June 1951) is a Libyan politician and diplomat. He served as the deputy prime minister of Libya's Government of National Accord from March 2016 to 2 January 2017. [1] . He represented southern Libya, where he is from. [1] .

2024年11月30日 · The spotlight on southern Libya underscores its critical importance to regional stability. International engagement, while promising, must be matched by tangible efforts to address the region’s security and development challenges.

Subdivisions of Libya have varied significantly over the last two centuries. Initially Libya under Ottoman and Italian control was organized into three to four provinces, then into three governorates (muhafazah) and after World War II into twenty-five districts (baladiyah).

This failure risks fueling a much larger conflict, which if left unchecked has the potential to severely destabilize Libya and its neighbors, including southern Europe which remains vulnerable to increasing flows of sub-Saharan African migrants traveling unchecked from Libya’s ports.

6 天之前 · Using eyewitness accounts and satellite images, we report on increasing Russian efforts and military apparatus in southern Libya and Chad. At first, it appears to be just an abandoned air base in the Libyan desert. Barracks for hundreds of soldiers, buried in Harmattan dust. A pair of long tarmac runways cracked by the sun and almost 15 years ...

2018年10月24日 · The escalating crisis in southern Libya is likely to renew a political race between the LNA and the GNA to gain local alliances, especially with the Arab tribes, in their fight against what many call the ‘Chadian Invasion’ of southern Libya.

2017年3月30日 · Southern Libya remains a region of endemic instability wracked by communal conflict, a shortage of basic services, rampant smuggling, and fragmented or collapsed institutions. The region has long existed on the periphery of Libya’s politics and international concerns—but that must change.

Written by researcher Rebecca Murray, the Briefing Paper follows the events, context, and outcomes of the 2014-2016 Ubari conflict and examines lingering threats to the stability of south-western Libya, and to the wider Sahel region. It notes that this conflict revolved around economic assets and identity rights at the local level.