10/05/2025
Libya Is At Its Lowest Point Since 2020
Now that Libya has become an outright kleptocracy?with billions missing from the public treasury and national politics frozen?the Trump administration may need to throw a sanctions ?grenade? into the mix. Libya is at its lowest point since 2020, when a ceasefire ended the civil war between the UN-recognised government in the west and eastern forces led by Khalifa Haftar. Since then, a series of UN and internationally-backed efforts failed to produce national elections or a unity government, enabling Haftar and Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to remain in power with no intention of leaving. Both have pledged to cede power to a new transitional government. However, neither appears intent on...
