Libyan civil war

The hottest drink in Tobruk, a town in eastern Libya, isn’t at a bar or even a coffeehouse. It’s aboard the Greek ferry that’s the temporary home of Libya’s parliament, where the baristas are slinging high-quality frappuccinos to lawmakers, their families and even curious locals.

The crisis in Libya is deepening after a powerful militia opposed to the country’s current government took control of the capital’s airport a week ago. Libya’s House of Representatives says Tripoli as a whole has fallen in the hands of what they call “terrorists.” However, the militias that overran the capital were former rebel groups who have been on government payroll since the end of the revolution.

Three years after the revolution that overthrew Moammar Gaddafi, Libya faces an even worse crisis that threatens to destabilize the country and region. The US doesn’t want to intervene, but fighting between Islamists and former Gaddafi loyalists has already dragged in other countries.

Nearly two years after the killing of US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya, Delta Force commandos and FBI agents have seized the man suspected of leading the attack on the US mission in Benghazi. But Alaeddin Muntasser, a businessman based in Tripoli, says Libya is still gripped by lawlessness.Nearly two years after the killing of US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya, Delta Force commandos and FBI agents have seized the man suspected of leading the attack on the US mission in Benghazi. But Alaeddin Muntasser, a businessman based in Tripoli, says Libya is still gripped by lawlessness.