Tripoli

Several people are shown in a street throwing items at a tank and other armored vehicles.

Riots in Lebanon as West calls for quick Cabinet formation

Tension intensified in Lebanon on Friday, with riots leaving more than two dozen people injured in the northern city of Tripoli, including five soldiers who were attacked with a hand grenade.

Riots in Lebanon as West calls for quick Cabinet formation
Migrants wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 sit at a pier as Italian police officers stand by.

Some migrants crossing the Mediterranean say they prefer death to being returned

Some migrants crossing the Mediterranean say they prefer death to being returned
A large crowd of people are shown with many carrying the Libyan flag in a blurred motion photograph.

Libyans mark 2011 uprising with eyes on interim government

Libyans mark 2011 uprising with eyes on interim government
A police officer is shown walking on a grassy meadow with the wreckage of a large white aircraft in the background.

Justice Dept. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

Justice Dept. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion
A devil cartoon sits on shoulder of cartoon image of a president with Arabic script.

No joke! How two cartoonists spurred revolution during the Arab uprisings.

No joke! How two cartoonists spurred revolution during the Arab uprisings.
A compiliation of images from the Arab uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East

Looking back at a historic time in the Middle East and North Africa

Dec. 17 is a historic day on the minds of many people in Tunisia, elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East — and around the world. That's because exactly 10 years ago, a single event in Tunisia triggered a series of revolutions across the region.

Looking back at a historic time in the Middle East and North Africa
A crowd of people celebrate with flashes of red, black and green flags waving in the air.

A poem penned during Libya’s 2011 uprising continues to inspire hope

Libyan American poet Khaled Mattawa penned "Now That We Have Tasted Hope" in 2011, on the heels of an uprising in Libya that led to the ousting of President Muammar Gaddafi. Looking back, the poem's message of hope still resonates.

A poem penned during Libya’s 2011 uprising continues to inspire hope
Nazeer Mohammed shows a photo of his 1 1/2-year-old son on the boat to Cyprus.

Lebanese take to the sea — risking their lives to reach Europe

Until recently, it was mostly Syrian and Palestinian refugees making the trip across the Mediterranean Sea. But increasingly, Lebanese citizens are filling the boats.

Lebanese take to the sea — risking their lives to reach Europe
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 

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

Libyans are caught between coronavirus and conflict 
Khalifa Haftar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, both wearing suits, are shown shaking hands.

Libyan rivals, cajoled by Putin and Erdoğan, hold indirect Moscow peace talks

Libya's warring leaders held indirect peace talks in Moscow on Monday with Russia and Turkey urging the rivals to sign a binding truce to end a nine-month-old war.

Libyan rivals, cajoled by Putin and Erdoğan, hold indirect Moscow peace talks
A man at a podium with groups of seated people around him

Is Turkey seeking a neo-Ottoman Empire?

Turkey is flexing its muscle as a regional power. On Thursday, the Turkish parliament approved a plan to send troops across the Mediterranean to Libya, which is in the midst of a complex civil war. The World's Marco Werman speaks with former Ambassador David Shinn on what this move means.

Is Turkey seeking a neo-Ottoman Empire?
A birds-eye-view of protests in Lebanon.

How Lebanon's 'WhatsApp tax' unleashed a flood of anger

Frustration had already been building for years in Lebanon over widespread corruption, gridlock in government, and the country’s failing infrastructure. The “WhatsApp tax” was simply the last straw.

How Lebanon's 'WhatsApp tax' unleashed a flood of anger
Wounded migrants lie on hospital beds after an air strike hit a detention center for mainly African migrants in Tajoura, in Tripoli Central Hospital, Libya, July 3, 2019.

EU ‘complicity’ led to migrant deaths in Libyan airstrike, MSF says

The European Union has a policy of sending migrants back to Libya after they're intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea. But in Libya, they're held in abysmal detention centers — and some rights groups say that makes the EU complicit in an airstrike Wednesday that killed over 40 migrants.

EU ‘complicity’ led to migrant deaths in Libyan airstrike, MSF says
A man holds a poster of eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar

Libyan warlord took a twisted path to Tripoli

Gen. Khalifa Haftar helped put Muammar Gaddafi in power in 1969, spent decades in the US, and then returned for the dictator's overthrow in 2011. Now, at 75, he's challenging the internationally recognized Government of National Accord of Libya in a battle for Tripoli.

Libyan warlord took a twisted path to Tripoli
A man buys U.S. dollars in a currency exchange in Benghazi, Libya.

Even a local bank teller can't be trusted in today's Libya

Banking in a failed state is a risky business. In Libya, it's hard to figure out who to trust.

Even a local bank teller can't be trusted in today's Libya