Libya sank into lawlessness years after the ouster and killing of Moammar Gadhafi. Since 2014, the country has been split into rival governments with one based in eastern Libya and the second ...

Cairo: Libya, once held together under the iron grip of Muammar Gaddafi, exploded into chaos after his ouster in 2011. Fourteen years later, the country remains fractured, yet a new map of military, ...

An infographic based on our research, as well as think-tank data, explains how the loyalties among the militias in Libya are currently split geographically ... This map does not include militias ...

Yet the unity government, which ends a split between dueling eastern and western administrations, offers hope. It could further steady the oil industry in Libya -- home to Africa’s largest ...

Rescue efforts have also been hampered by the current political situation in Libya, with the oil-rich country split between two warring governments -- one in the east and the other in the west.

Libya plunged into chaos after a 2011 NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The country split, with rival administrations in the east and west backed by a web ...