List of Libya articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: White House Threatens Veto of Defense Bill
Rhodes says no; U.N. moving on arming Libya; more U.S. Navy ships headed for the South China Sea; and plenty more
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In the Event of the Islamic State’s Untimely Demise…
Even a caliphate needs a Plan B. Here's what Baghdadi's might look like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 No Death Penalty For Alleged Benghazi Ringleader
The alleged Benghazi ringleader will not face capital punishment.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses for a photo during a visit a hospital in Tripoli, the capital of Libya on October 18, 2011. AFP PHOTO/KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL (Photo credit should read ) Hillary Clinton Has No Regrets About Libya
The intervention didn’t go according to plan. But the Democratic front-runner doesn’t think withdrawing from the Middle East is the answer.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘There Will Be Bloodshed if He Comes Here’
Can the world’s hand-picked prime minister for Libya survive long enough to put the country back together?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet Ali Bongo Ondimba, Obama’s Man in Africa
In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba talked U.S. military support and his father's controversial legacy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is Obama Too Thoughtful for His Own Good?
In today’s complex, tumultuous world of global affairs, perhaps nuance and patience aren’t assets for an American president.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Libyans at Guantanamo Bay Can’t Go Home, So the U.S. Sends Them to Senegal
The Pentagon’s latest transfer from its military detention center in Cuba underscores how the disaster in Libya is complicating President Obama’s push to close the prison.
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The new Libyan flag is raised during a parade in the eastern city of Benghazi to celebrate the second anniversary of Nato's first military operation in Libya on March 19, 2013. On 19 March 2011, Kadhafi's troops and tanks entered the city and the same day French forces began an international military intervention in Libya, later joined by coalition forces with strikes against armoured units south of Benghazi and attacks on Libyan air-defence systems, after UN Security Council Resolution 1973 called for using "all necessary means" to protect Libyan civilians and populated areas from attack by government forces. AFP PHOTO / ADBULLAH DOMA (Photo credit should read ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP/Getty Images) The Big Lie About the Libyan War
The Obama administration said it was just trying to protect civilians. Its actions reveal it was looking for regime change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Let the Judging of the Obama Administration Begin
From the Islamic State to Libya, from China to Putin, can the sitting U.S. president offer real perspective while he’s still inside the White House?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bombs Alone Won’t Beat the Islamic State in Libya
Western military intervention in Libya will work only if Libyans are on board. It's time for a political strategy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Drone Policy Gets an ‘F’
A leading think tank says the White House has failed to lift the veil of secrecy obscuring key details of its lethal drone program.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the U.S. Strike in Libya Wasn’t Just About Libya
Washington was also trying to protect Tunisia — and help keep the Arab Spring’s only success story from going off the rails.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Much of Libya Does the Islamic State Control?
More than you think -- and it’s growing. But putting boots on the ground could only make the situation worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Libya Matters — Again
The Islamic State is gaining ground in Libya’s chaotic vacuum and Western governments are worried
