This is Part 2 of an in-depth look at the rebellion in Mali. Tuareg Rebels, known as the blue men of the desert, seized the north of that country in March, throwing a relatively stable nation into chaos. As Susan Zakin explains, the conflict reveals a complex web of culture, ambition and unintended consequences. Read [...]
Al Jazeera will retell the Libyan civil war from a new perspective: through the eyes of Gaddafi and other top officials. They’re the conversations Muammar Gaddafi didn’t want the world to hear: Al Jazeera has had access to more than 12,000 recordings of Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and other high-ranking Libyan officials. Libya on [...]
Bashar al-Assad accused of wanting to ‘wipe Homs off the map’ as activists report 17 people killed by security forces UN observers must be swiftly deployed to Syria or “other options” will be considered, President Bashar al-Assad was warned as western countries kept up pressure on him to maintain a shaky ceasefire and comply with [...]
The international criminal court has told Libyan authorities to surrender former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is wanted in The Hague for crimes against humanity. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was arrested in November by rebel fighters in Libya’s remote southern desert while trying to flee to neighbouring Niger and has been held largely [...]
NATO has failed to properly investigate or provide compensation for civilian deaths caused by its air strikes during the seven-month operation in Libya that helped bring about the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Amnesty International has said. Echoing similar criticisms aired this month by Russia, Amnesty said scores of Libyans who were not involved in the [...]
Fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have seized back the town of Bani Walid and raised the late dictator’s green flag, in a blow to Libya’s struggling provisional government. Reports said at least four people were killed during clashes between besieged forces loyal to the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) and armed and well-organised supporters of [...]
The British involvement in the campaign to overthrow Col Muammar Gaddafi was a very public one, particularly the part of it involving the use of RAF aircraft. The fighting on the ground was said to have been done by Libyans but Newsnight has learned that British soldiers were on the ground in Libya, alongside the [...]
In the first part of a new FPIF Strategic Dialogue on the aftermath of the Libyan War, David Gibbs argues that the long-term consequences of the military intervention are dire. See Michael Berube’s more positive assessment here. The NATO intervention in Libya is likely to produce a more militarized and insecure world, and this will be its [...]
Scotland Yard has opened a criminal investigation into secret MI6 rendition operations that resulted in leading Libyan dissidents being abducted and flown to Tripoli where they were subsequently tortured in Muammar Gaddafi’s prisons. The announcement came as police and the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute any individual [...]
MISRATA/TRIPOLI/DUBAI, 29 December 2011 (IRIN) – Mistrust of Libya’s interim administration is likely to deter tens of thousands of revolutionary fighters from complying with a massive new demobilization plan, according to analysts and former rebels. “There is no full trust in the government,” said Adel AbdElmajid Zoubi, 28, who fought in the coastal town of [...]