Lindsey Hilsum
Neither dawn nor dignity in Libya
Libya’s rival factions are called Dawn and Dignity. But fighting means it has little chance of achieving the new dawn or the life of dignity the 2011 revolution promised.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Libya’s descent: extremists fight for control
In 2011 they were all revolutionaries trying to overthrow Gaddafi. Now, says Lindsey Hilsum, Islamists are battling secularists for control in Libya – and the west is ignoring the country’s implosion.
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Britain to close embassy in Libya and withdraw staff
Britain is closing its embassy in Libya and evacuating staff, following in the footsteps of other western countries, after fighting between rival militias spread across the capital, Tripoli.
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Gaddafi’s son Saadi extradited to Libya
Niger extradites Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi to Tripoli, where the Libyan government say he is now in custody.
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British man shot dead in Libya
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office confirms that a Briton has been found dead from gunshot wounds in Libya.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Why Libya’s revolutionaries are the greatest threat to its revolution
Old scores are being settled in Libya as militias fight to assert their power in towns and cities across the country.
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Friend or foe? Syria, the west and Middle East relations
As Barack Obama says he is “confident” congress will vote in favour of military action in Syria, Channel 4 News explores the relationships between Syria, her Middle Eastern neighbours, and the west.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Western capitals poised to intervene on Syria – but how?
Pressure is mounting on the US to act if the UN finds that the “red line” of chemical weapons has been crossed – and President Obama does not want Syria to become his Rwanda.
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French embassy targeted in Libyan car bomb attack
French President Francois Hollande denounces a car bomb attack on his country’s embassy in Libya as an attack not only on France, but on all countries fighting terrorism.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Sandstorm update – the links between Mali and Libya
I’ve updated my book Sandstorm with an epilogue, taking into account the killing of the US ambassador and other events in Libya. I also write on Mali, showing the links between events in the two countries.
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Why western intervention is destined to fail in Mali
Britain is on standby and the US is already transporting French troops into Mali. But a new paper says the west is “betting on the wrong horse” by intervening in the region.
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Last western detainee in Guantanamo moved to Canada
The last western detainee held at the Guantanamo Bay military base, home to hundreds of suspected terrorists captured by the United States, has been returned to Canada.
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Libyan protesters force Islamist militia out of Benghazi
At least four people are killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi as military police and protesters take over militia bases.
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Western embassies attacked in Africa
The US embassy compound in Tunis and the German embassy in Khartoum are set alight as violence erupts over an anti-Islam film that has offended many Muslims. At least five protesters are dead.
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Mali’s Islamist warlord declares war on the west
A militant Islamist leader whose forces have just conquered two-thirds of the West African state of Mali vows to launch holy war against the west.
