Libyan conflict
The Arab Spring Protests of 2011 led to Libya's first civil war with foreign military intervention and subsequent ousting and death of President Muammar Gaddafi. The war resulted in instability, chaos and plummeting economy giving way to the rise in numbers of armed groups across the country and contributing to the rise of an Islamic terrorist threat all across the region and beyond
- ‘Zero hour’: Libyan strongman eyes last militant stronghold in E. Libya as offensive kicks off
The commander of the Libyan National Army, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, said on Monday his troops launched an offensive to liberate Derna. The besieged city has been under the control of an Al-Qaeda linked group since December 2014.World News - After what happened to Libya, should North Korea think twice about ditching nukes?
The US says North Korean denuclearization should proceed along the Libyan scenario. RT’s Murad Gazdiev remembers how Muammar Gaddafi was killed by US-backed rebels a few years after ditching nukes, and asks – is that a good idea?World News - €10bn vanished from ‘frozen’ Gaddafi accounts in Belgium – report
Some €10 billion of Libyan government funds, frozen as part of sanctions against the late Muammar Gaddafi’s inner circle, has mysteriously disappeared from a Belgian bank somewhere between 2013 and 2017, according to local media.World News - ‘End of cheap oil, prices expected to increase in 2018’- analyst
Oil prices are likely to drift higher in 2018, Andy Lipow, President, Lipow Oil Associates told RT. Global demand continues to rise, as the economies around the world keep growing, he added.Business News - Brussels rally turns violent as European capitals protest ‘modern slavery’ in Libya (VIDEOS)
Dozens have been arrested in Brussels after one of several European rallies against modern slavery in Libya turned violent. The very government that the West helped form after the fall of Gaddafi is now facing pressure over its inability to tackle human rights abuses.World News - ‘Main creator of terrorism is US war on terror, not terrorists’
The US’ only answer to terrorism is violence against violence, but that’s like trying to eradicate diseases by killing patients; a more constructive approach is needed, says Jan Oberg, director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research.US News
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