by Erman Atak* | May 29, 2020 | Geopolitics & International Security, Research, War and Conflict
By Erman Atak* and Stefano Marcuzzi** Despite the growing number of Covid-19 victims in Libya in mid-May,[1] the civil war in the country is reaching new highs. The capital Tripoli has been under siege from the leader of eastern Libya-based self-styled Libyan...
by Muneer Binwaber* | Apr 17, 2020 | Commentary, COVID-19, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Though easy to treat in existence of adequate health care system and medications, the cholera has been raging Yemen. The cumulative number of suspected cholera cases reported from October 2016 to January 2020 is more than 2 million, including 3910 related deaths. To...
by Ibrahim Jouhari | Mar 6, 2020 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Several weeks ago, the Syrian regime decided to take one of the last holdouts of the rebels, in Idlib. The area is right at the border with Turkey, and after the Sochi agreement, Turkey has a military presence there in the form of several observation posts, ensuring...
by Erman Atak* | Jan 14, 2020 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Possibility of Turkish military intervention caused an increase in the external military support to Haftar. Despite his powerful words and Parliamentary approval to troop deployment plans, Erdogan is not able to send a decisive force to back GNA side. On the other...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 23, 2019 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Background In the last couple of weeks, we have been witnessing the most active times of the Libya crisis According to news coming from front lines, defenders of the Tripoli are in dire straits in the eye of Haftar’s LNA. Increased Russian interference; US reactions...
by Erman Atak* | Dec 9, 2019 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
This week —thanks to superior air support and Russian mercenaries— Haftar’s LNA succeeded in gaining more ground in its endeavor to capture capital Tripoli. Witnessing significant impact of direct involvement of Russian fighters and weapons in the battlefield, the GNA...