1. Capital of Militias: Tripoli's Armed Groups Capture the Libyan State
- Author:
- Wolfram Lacher
- Publication Date:
- 06-2018
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Small Arms Survey
- Abstract:
- Since the arrival of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli in March 2016, four large local militias have gradually divided up the capital between themselves. Though nominally loyal to the government, they now exert a degree of influence over state institutions and resources that is unprecedented in post-Qaddafi Libya. This Paper examines the rise of a militia cartel in Tripoli, and concludes that the situation is untenable, as it risks provoking a major new conflict over Tripoli fought by those who have been excluded from access to the state and impedes efforts to establish a meaningful unity government
- Topic:
- Arms Control and Proliferation, International Security, and International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Libya