Middle East & North Africa

Libya

People sit on their terrace near an abandoned tank that belongs to the ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria January 2, 2025.

Middle East & North Africa Development, governance, and security in the Middle East: Obstacles and opportunities

March 26, 2025

A view shows people looking at the damaged areas in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 14, 2023.

Libya Anatomy of a flood: The Derna tragedy’s lessons for Libyan governance

Stephanie T. Williams

March 26, 2025

Members of the Misrata Military Council are seen during a military rally in Misrata, Libya September 2, 2023.

Libya Déjà vu: The trajectory of Libyan armed groups in 2024

Stephanie T. Williams

January 16, 2024

GEO BARENTS: The MSF SAR teams (Search and Rescue) are rescuing 99 people on a wooden boat in the Libya SAR zone. Women, men and children were on distress since hours as the boat was taking water and was overcrowded. At the end of the rescue, 10 lifeless bodies were discovered in the bottom of the boat. These people, including 5 minors, died of suffocation hours before the rescue, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents. Photo by Virginie Nguyen Hoang / Hans Lucas GEO BARENTS : Les equipes SAR de MSF (Search and Rescue) ont sauve 99 personnes sur un bateau en bois dans la zone SAR de la Libye. Des femmes, des hommes et des enfants etaient en detresse depuis pres de 13 heures dans un bateau qui commencait a prendre l eau et en surcharge. A la fin du sauvetage, 10 corps sans vie ont ete decouverts dans le fond du bateau. Ces personnes, dont 5 mineurs, sont mortes par suffocation des heures avant le sauvetage, le 16 novembre 2021, le 16 novembre 2021. En mai 2021, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) a relance ses activites de recherche et sauvetage (SAR) en Mediterranee centrale pour sauver la vie des refugies et des migrants tentant la traversee maritime meurtriere depuis la Libye. A cette fin, ils utilisent leur propre navire affrete, le Geo Barents. Photo de Virginie Nguyen Hoang / Hans Lucas

Libya US migration policy and nonstate groups: Lessons from Libya

Reva Dhingra

February 15, 2023

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