It’s been 10 years since the start of the Libyan revolution in 2011. After the fall of longtime Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s former rebel groups began to turn on each other, resulting in chaos and eventually civil war. But this week, Libya has a new interim government formed by opposing factions following a UN-backed effort to reunite the country. Host Marco Werman speaks with Emadeddin Badi, a Libyan political analyst with the Atlantic Council’s Middle East initiative.
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