Intractable war in Libya risks becoming the next Syria: French foreign minister - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

May 27, 2020

Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire a multiple rocket launcher near Sirte, previously one of Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining strongholds in Libya, September 24, 2011. Picture taken September 24, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/File Photo SEARCH "POY DECADE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2019 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. - RC2SND9VGEDW — Fighters opposed to Libya's Moammar Gadhafi fire a multiple rocket launcher near Sirte, previously one of Gadhafi's last remaining strongholds in Libya, on Sept. 24, 2011. Gadhafi, who led Libya for decades, would die less than a month later. — REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

A policeman and a man inspect a passenger plane damaged by shelling at Tripoli's Mitiga airport in Tripoli, Libya May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny - RC2MLG9IHJ7J

Libya cease-fire 'failed completely,' says Russian Foreign Ministry

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A view of the pipelines at Zueitina oil terminal, in west of Benghazi, Libya February 3, 2020. Picture taken February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori - RC2K2F9QGT9E

Libya says oil blockade has cost $5 billion in lost revenue

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian pose for a photo at the State Department in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi - RC27BD95PIEM

Intel: Pompeo, French counterpart discuss Libya war

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Al-Monitor Staff

Smoke rises from Mitiga Airport after being attacked in Tripoli, Libya February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Elumami - RC2O9F9S4FIK

What does Libya’s ‘Syrianization’ scenario mean for key actors?

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics