Libya

U.S. Africa Command calls out Moscow for tipping the scales in a conflict the Trump administration has mostly sought to avoid.

Turkey and Russia are using desperate mercenaries from the last war to fight in the next one.

The United Arab Emirates, backed by France, is helping to fuel continued bloodshed in the North African country.

The pandemic might prompt the kind of cooperation needed to end the country’s civil war, after years of fighting and foreign intervention failed.

None of the parties involved is serious about reaching a political settlement, meaning the conflict could kill many more this year.

EU funds for Libyan militias forced thousands of migrants into dangerous Libyan detention centers. Now, after being evacuated, some of them are stuck as far away as Rwanda—with no idea if they will ever be resettled.

Turkey is redrawing its borders in the Aegean—and the Greek government is failing to do much about it.

Despite pushing policies that are politically naive and disastrous for human rights in North Africa, Italian politicians keep getting promoted in Brussels.

Russia has played all sides in the conflict to get a seat at the negotiating table. Now it wants an end to sanctions.

Essential reads from the Arctic Circle to Xinjiang.

Erdogan’s latest bid to reshape the Mediterranean provides military support to Tripoli against Russian-backed rebels.

The international community responds to the detention of Uighurs in Xinjiang, Pope Francis's visit to indigenous communities angers right-wing Bolivians, and Russian mercenaries are on the ground in Libya.

But Russian aid will come at a cost.

In the name of fighting illegal immigration, the EU, the United States, and Australia are emboldening authoritarian regimes, fueling abuses and corruption, and stoking intolerance at home.