Libya

Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz, right, listens to his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukri, left, during the opening session of The Fourth Ministerial Meeting for the Neighbouring Countries of Libya, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Foreign ministers from Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad, as well as the Arab League Secretary General met Monday in Cairo as Islamist-led militias in the Libyan capital say they consolidated their hold on Tripoli and its international airport, driving out rivals to the city's outskirts after battles that largely destroyed the strategic hub. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

National Security

UN envoy opposes foreign intervention in Libya

MAGGIE MICHAELADAM SCHRECK · August 26, 2014 3:05 pm

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, meets with editors of Egyptian newspapers and media in the presidential palace, in Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. El-Sissi denied Sunday any military involvement in neighboring Libya, a day after Islamist militias accused Cairo of bombing their posts in Tripoli, Egypt's state news agency reported. El-Sissi said Egypt is in consultation with Libya's neighbors to find a political solution to the violent power struggle between rival groups. (AP Photo/MENA)

Troubled Libya now faces dueling governments

Maggie Michael · August 25, 2014 11:02 pm

100 African migrants drown off Libyan coast

100 African migrants drown off Libyan coast

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2014 6:35 pm

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, meets with editors of Egyptian newspapers and media in the presidential palace, in Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. El-Sissi denied Sunday any military involvement in neighboring Libya, a day after Islamist militias accused Cairo of bombing their posts in Tripoli, Egypt's state news agency reported. El-Sissi said Egypt is in consultation with Libya's neighbors to find a political solution to the violent power struggle between rival groups. (AP Photo/MENA)

National Security

Libya’s Islamist militias claim control of capital

Mariam Rizk · August 24, 2014 6:06 pm

Libyan militia accuses Egypt, UAE of airstrikes

National Security

Libyan militia accuses Egypt, UAE of airstrikes

Mariam Rizk · August 23, 2014 7:50 pm

President Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq in the State Dining Room at the White House on Thursday. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

In Iraq, Obama launches another drive-by war

Timothy P. Carney · August 9, 2014 8:00 pm

Palestinian supporters of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement chant slogans against the Israeli military action in Gaza, during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday. (AP/Mohammed Ballas)

How the United Nations prevents peace in the Middle East

Mona Charen · August 8, 2014 2:46 pm

Libya calls for UN-supervised ceasefire

Libya calls for UN-supervised ceasefire

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2014 3:44 pm

Photo issued by Britain's Ministry of Defence, showing HMS Enterprise as it evacuates Britons from Tripoli, Libya, Sunday Aug. 3, 2014. Around 100 Britons have fled from Libya and are on their way to sanctuary in Malta amid increasing violence in the north African state. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed an evacuation mission involving the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Enterprise had left its mooring near the Libyan capital of Tripoli and was on its way to safety. (AP Photo / MoD, Crown Copyright)

Libyan lawmakers elect judge as new speaker

Omar Almosmari · August 5, 2014 10:12 am

Photo issued by Britain's Ministry of Defence, showing HMS Enterprise as it evacuates Britons from Tripoli, Libya, Sunday Aug. 3, 2014. Around 100 Britons have fled from Libya and are on their way to sanctuary in Malta amid increasing violence in the north African state. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed an evacuation mission involving the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Enterprise had left its mooring near the Libyan capital of Tripoli and was on its way to safety. (AP Photo / MoD, Crown Copyright)

UK warship evacuates 110 citizens from Libya

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2014 11:59 am

In this image made from AP video on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, plumes of smoke and debris rise from a base of Islamic militias after a MiG fighter jet's strike in Benghazi, Libya. MiG fighter jets, reportedly under the control of renegade general, Khalifa Hifter, struck in retaliation the bases of Islamic militias in Benghazi on Friday, as a coalition of Islamic militias over the past week captured a number of army bases in Benghazi, driving out troops and police and seizing large weapon stores. (AP Photo/AP video)

Newly elected Libyan lawmakers meet amid chaos

Omar Almosmari · August 2, 2014 6:35 pm

Greek frigate Salamis arrives at a port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. The Greek navy frigate carrying embassy staff and nearly 200 people from Greece, China and other countries evacuated from the conflict in Libya returned early Saturday to the port. The Greek Defense Ministry the ship transported 77 people from Greece, 78 from China, 10 from Britain, seven from Belgium, one each from Russia and Albania. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek frigate returns after Libya evacuation

DEREK GATOPOULOSTHEODORA TONGAS · August 2, 2014 12:18 pm