Tripoli's police to return to work, sparking hopes of a post-Gaddafi Libya marked by reconciliation, not revenge.
After six months of civil war and close to a week of urban fighting, Tripoli’s hospitals and health facilities are in crisis. According to Medicins San Frontieres (MSF), the city’s health system had already been strained for months by sanctions...
Armed intervention should always be an absolute last resort, only to be used when all options fail--and when justified on moral and legal grounds. This could all unravel tomorrow if the Libya descends into anarchy. But for now, this is pretty much the platonic ideal of humanitarian intervention.
Libya will have to engage in some sort of "nation-building" process. These kinds of activities have traditionally fallen under the providence of the United Nations.
Tripoli is falling neighborhood by neighborhood to forces loyal to the National Transition Council.
Reports of major fighting are coming out of Libyan capitol of Tripoli. Is this the end of the Gaddafi regime?
Is Gaddafi planning on fleeing Libya? We look at the rumors.
If Italy did supply these arms to the Libyan rebels in late May, it would join France in the legal gray area between civilian protection and the arms embargo. An Arms Trade Treaty might help establish the legal bounds of these transfers.
New accusations that humanitarian aid for refugees is being used by Libyan rebels.