Abu Dhabi has firmly established itself as a cyber powerhouse, using its cyber capabilities not just for sabotage and espionage, but increasingly for subversion as well – that is, weaponising narratives to undermine civil society in the MENA region.

A dynamic region amidst great change, the Maghreb (Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) is also home to the conservative, literalist interpretation of Islam known as Salafism, which has emerged as a major social and political force. Join scholars Frederic Wehrey and Anouar Boukhars for the launch of their new …

Libyan Crimes Watch said 21 civilians had been killed including four children and two women in the first week of January 2020 due to the offensive against Tripoli by Khalifa Haftar’s forces.

A Libyan press freedoms group said on Tuesday the arrest of a journalist at a Tripoli airport over the weekend amounted to “forced disappearance”, while the UN called for him to be released or put on trial.

The Ministry of Interior denies having connection with the disappearance of the journalist “Ridha Fheel Al-Boom”, disclosing that Fheel Al-Boom is at the Libyan intelligence service custody.

UNSMIL yesterday expressed its concerns over the enforced disappearance of human rights defender and journalist Reda Fhelboom. It called for his immediate release.

The Council of Ministers agreed on Thursday to the memorandum of the legal adviser to the Presidential Council’s (PC) head, regarding the draft executive regulations of the Political Parties Act No. 29 of 2012.

Rogue General Khalifa Haftar has discussed plans to form an all-Berber “infantry brigade” to partake in his offensive to seize Tripoli, according to local media.

Re: UN Human Rights Council should establish a Commission of Inquiry, or similar mechanism, for Libya

The Supreme Council of Amazigh in Libya denied on Tuesday that it had sent a delegation to visit Khalifa Haftar, in order to express support for what was said to be the “Libyan Arab Army”.