How to make the Berlin Conference on Libya a success
Libya’s warring factions, and their international backers, converge on Berlin today in a bid to end the country’s latest civil war. Here’s what it takes for the conference to be a success.
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The military, the protest movement and democracy in Algeria
by Lyas Hallas
The intelligence services, by taming the media outlets and opposition parties, have broken an attempted democratic transition in Algeria.
Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
In 2017, zenith’s editor-in-chief, Daniel Gerlach, met Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, “the Engineer” behind a prominent Iraqi paramilitary organisation, who was killed on 3 January by a US drone strike in Baghdad. Who was he and what drove him?
The Assad regime on the offensive in Syria’s Idlib
The situation in Idlib remains dire. Idlib-native Merna Alhasan, spoke to zenith about the recent assaults on the city, covering the story as a female journalist, and how the Assad regime controls the narrative on the war in Syria.
Iran, Iraq and Israel and the US military in the Middle East
Amid great sighs of relief over the supposedly avoided escalation between the USA and Iran, an astonishing fact has been overlooked. America has a vulnerable flank.
Turkey’s Intervention and the fight for the Libyan capital Tripoli
The fight for the Libyan capital enters a decisive phase. President Serraj has his back to the wall and it will probably fall to Turkey to save Europe’s partner from the enemy at the gates.
Tripoli under siege and the real cost of the Libyan war
As Haftar’s latest assault on the Libya capital enters a new phase, many Libyans have been killed, displaced and left mentally traumatised by a conflict which grinds on with no end in sight.
Interview on Military and Economy in Egypt
Yezid Sayigh has spent many years closely examining the interdependence of the military and the economy in Egypt. He explains why investors are skating on thin ice putting their money into country and why the military is hiding in the TV market.