US Bid for Libya Reunification a Gamble, Analysts Say

US bid for Libya reunification a gamble, analysts say

Boulos, who oversees Arab and African affairs in the Trump administration, has met repeatedly with Libya's leaders, both inside and outside the country. Last week, he held talks with Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, who heads the UN-recognised government in the capital Tripoli, as well as with military commander Khalifa Haftar, who backs a rival eastern-based administration. Oil-rich Libya has struggled to recover from the chaos that followed …

Trump Team Pushes Libya Deal Tied to Oil

The Trump administration is intensifying efforts to broker a power-sharing agreement between Libya’s rival leaders, eastern commander Khalifa Haftar and western Prime Minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibah, in a bid to end years of political division. Under the proposed terms, brokered by Trump’s Africa adviser Massad Boulos, the Dbeibah family would keep the premiership while the […]

How Trump is pushing a Libya power-sharing deal

The Trump administration is stepping up efforts to broker a power-sharing agreement between Libya’s rival eastern and western leaders, betting that a deal between Khalifa Haftar and Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibah can end 15 years of conflict and political division. The initiative could help unify Libya’s fractured institutions, but critics warn that an “elite bargain” between the country’s dominant families could undermine a UN-backed path to elections,…