Tripoli

Libyan boys check a damaged car after a shell fell on a residential area at Hadba al-Badri district, in Tripoli, Libya, Jan. 28, 2020.

Libyans are caught between coronavirus and conflict 

COVID-19

The recent escalation in fighting has dashed hopes that the pandemic might succeed where previous attempts at diplomacy and sanctions had failed.

A view of damage after a bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in Tripoli on April 13, 2015.

Violence in Tripoli is a reminder of the 2012 attack in Benghazi

Conflict
Fresh martyr portraits painted on a side street in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood. Clashes last month in the economically deprived neighborhood left at least 11 soldiers, 8 civilians and 22 militants dead.

Healing this neighborhood would go a long way toward ending the insurgency

Conflict
The passenger terminal at Tripoli's international airport after recent attacks.

Three years after its civil war, Libya is on the brink of another

Conflict
The classic Cinnabon roll.

Looking for the cool place to hang out in Tripoli? Try Cinnabon

Lifestyle & Belief
Libyans protest against the armed militias

Libyans have yet to find peace, two years after Gaddafi

Conflict & Justice

Militias are ruling the streets in many parts of Libya. The interim government has yet to fully assert its control. And Libyans are starting to protest to get the peace they thought they would find after Gaddafi.

Libya's Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, during a news conference after he was released by kidnappers, Thursday. Many Libyans are frustrated with the militias who compete for power in Libya, says Abigail Hauslohner of the Washington Post, and Zeidan's inabilit

Libya’s prime minister was kidnapped, released, and no one is sure why

Conflict & Justice

Abducted at gunpoint overnight from a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was released a few hours later unharmed. Could it have been a disgruntled ally sending a message?

Protesters burn a replica of the US flag during a demonstration against the capture of Nazih al-Ragye, in Benghazi October 7, 2013.

Two unconnected raids in Africa with one mission – capturing terror suspects

Conflict & Justice

The US raids in Africa over the weekend were intended to capture the terrorists for likely trial and interrogation, which is why the US decided against using drones.

U.S. officials indicate al-Qaeda-linked group responsible for deadly Libya consulate attack

While it was first believed that the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was then result of protests over a seemingly anti-Muslim video, U.S. officials now believe an al-Qaeda backed group orchestrated and planned the entire thing. U.S. officials have vowed justice for the four Americans killed.

BBC reporter who stayed in Libya through civil war releases new book

Arts, Culture & Media

Rana Jawad lived in Libya for years before the country was ripped apart by civil war and the Arab Spring. So when most western journalists pulled out, Jawad stayed. She reported on-air until that became impossible, but continued to report online until Gaddafi was killed. She’s realeased a book with her story.