Libya

"China stepped in with a number of advantages, with few regional entanglements and a stated desire to remain apolitical," expert Michael Robbins said.

VanDyke has started a training program for Ukrainian civilians in Lviv and plans to train fighters in Kyiv and on the front line.

The elite unit—which is also known as Liga—was formed in 2014, during the war in Donbas in Eastern Ukraine and Russia's annexation of Crimea.

"I intend to pursue collaboration and transparency to move our country forward," Fathi Bashagha, one of two men claiming to be Libya's prime minister, told Newsweek.

A majority of the world's countries currently qualify as having a "very high risk" for COVID-19.

But Airwars' Emily Tripp also said, compared to prior years, activists "haven't had that level of communication" and "haven't seen that level of interest" from the Pentagon to look into claims.

The Captagon drug trade not only facilitates Bashar al-Assad's atrocities against the Syrian people, but could also create further instability through the widespread proliferation of amphetamine usage in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.

International Organization for Migration spokeswoman Safa Msehli said recent incidents have brought the death toll this year to about 1,500 migrants drowned.

Khalifa Hifter, a presidential candidate, is facing three civil lawsuits alleging that he was responsible for the torture and deaths of political adversaries.

Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and slain by a NATO-supported uprising in 2011, plunging the North African country into a decade of violence and disorder.

A democratic Libya would benefit all its neighbors, from those who share its borders to those across the Mediterranean.

As Libya is not considered a safe port by the U.N. refugee agency or the European Union, the captain was convicted on abandonment-related charges.

The U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator for Libya condemned the raids, which resulted in unarmed migrants being harassed in their homes, beaten and shot.

For years, observers have warned that Libya's civil war could provide the perfect storm for the group to recruit new members and launch attacks. It looks like those predictions may finally be coming true.

According to an International Organization for Migration spokeswoman, the migrants returned to Libya included nine children and 43 children.

The U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that the deal is not yet done, but each country is prepared to discuss an incremental withdrawal of about 300 troops by both sides.

The president was talking about how the United States and Russia can work together to help the people of "Libya."

Around 7,000 Europe-bound migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya so far this year, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The king of Jordan is a popular figure and a symbol of unity in a very demographically complicated country.

If there was ever a time for the U.S. to seriously consider a troop withdrawal from the Middle East, that time is now.

The latest deadly shipwreck marks a growing issue from the country—last month, at least 55 migrants were found dead off the coast of Libya.

"We firmly believe that NATO intervention in Libya led to the most devastating consequences," Russia's embassy told Newsweek, calling the 2011 attack "a stark reminder of the real cost of 'regime-change' policies."

"It's gotten close to a billion people out of poverty over the last 40 years, and given the economic challenges in the Middle East, there is a lot to like about the thinking of the Chinese model," Princeton University's Michael Robbins told Newsweek.

A rare winter storm blanketed swathes of the Middle East, from Saudi Arabia to Syria and Libya to Lebanon, in snow.

Newsweek looks at five of the most-affected nations by the Arab Spring—Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen—on the anniversary of Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi's death that helped spark a regional revolt with mixed results.

Heartbreaking footage shows the mother screaming: "I'm not going to see my baby. I lost my baby. Why me? Where's my baby?"

Turkey is involved in conflicts in Syria, Libya and between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but has of far avoided a direct clash with fellow NATO member Greece over energy reserves in the Mediterranean Sea.

Russia is expanding its presence in Syria and Libya, while checking U.S. aerial movement over the Mediterranean Sea, a strategic body of water on the southern flank of NATO.

U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday that Russian jets deployed to Libya "recently" risk more "casualties and human suffering on both sides."

"The quantity of fish we have found and studied are unprecedented in the central Sahara," researcher Savino di Lernia told Newsweek.