Libya

US lobby firm secures $2m contract to whitewash image of Libya’s Haftar

Ballard Partners has close ties to the Trump administration, which is reportedly working on a power-sharing deal in Libya bypassing elections

How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Israel attacks Iran

Trump-Netanyahu war aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission

Hamid Dabashi

Saudi-UAE Tensions

How Saudi Arabia plans to reshape the Middle East

David Hearst

Saudi Arabia starts Ramadan on Wednesday, but many others to begin a day later

Israel normalisation deals

Majority of Arabs oppose normalisation with Israel, pan-Arab survey finds

Iran-Israel tensions

Trump must defy Netanyahu's push for war on Iran

Dr Ahmed Altuwaijri

Libya: Gaddafi supporters left without rallying figure after Saif al-Islam’s killing

Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, killed in Libya

Libya ships out last stocks of chemical weapons

Kidnapped by Libyan militia, an Algerian journalist tells his story

Libyan forces 'corner' IS militants in Sirte after heavy fighting

The futility of air strikes in the 'war on terror'

Vijay Prashad

IS's defeat and the imminent power vacuum: What can the international community do?

Tania Ildefonso Ocampos

Libya forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte

ANALYSIS: Stephen Harper leaves pro-Israel imprint on Middle East

US deploys helicopter gunships in battle against IS in Libya

Tobruk rejects vote of confidence in UN-backed 'unity' Libyan government

Libya begins air operation to cut off fleeing Islamic State militants

Hey Trump: Daesh is beatable if you read the fine print

CJ Werleman

Libya forces press assault on last IS positions in Sirte