Mona El-Mahrouki

Mona El-Mahrouki is a Tunisian writer.

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A staff person shows the empty ballot box after delegates voted for the new interim government during a meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Chavannes de Bogis, near Geneva on February 5, 2021. (AFP)
Signs that Libya’s new transitional authority had Russian-Turkish stamp of approval
February 06, 2021
Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), gives a speech during a military parade in Tripoli, on December 24, 2020. (AFP)
Despite long list of nominations, Libyans could revert to Sarraj
February 01, 2021
A 2018 file picture of French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meeting with Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives in Tobruk Aguila Saleh, in Paris. (AFP)
French interests hang in balance as Paris faces impasse in Libya
January 18, 2021
Libyan demonstrators express support for Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha in Misrata, Libya August 29, 2020. (REUTERS)
Turkey leans towards militants in Libya as ties with Muslim Brotherhood erode
December 09, 2020
Haftar moves to rebuild ties with a stranded Aguila Saleh
December 07, 2020
Libyan delegates attend the opening of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum hosted in Gammarth on the outskirts of Tunisia’s capital, on November 9, 2020. (AFP)
The Libyan Dialogue Forum to emerge as a new body with broad powers
November 10, 2020
US ambassador to Libya Richard Norland meets with LNA commander Khalifa haftar in Berlin, last January. (REUTERS)
US envoy spearheads effort to flesh out Libya policy
October 10, 2020
Troops loyal to Libya’s Government of National Accord patrol the area in Zamzam, near Abu Qareen, Libya. (AFP)
Turkey, Russia seen hampering settlement process in Libya
October 02, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (L) arrive for a joint press conference in Ankara on June 4, 2020. (AFP)
Erdogan angry at Sarraj for stepping down before fulfilling Turkish demands
September 19, 2020
A 2018 file picture shows Libyan LNA commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh Issa, next to GNA’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, during a conference on Libya, in Paris. AFP
Protests in eastern Libya revive talk of Haftar’s ambition for mandate
September 15, 2020
Libyan woman voter casts her ballot at a polling station during legislative elections in the capital Tripoli on June 25, 2014. (AFP)
Libya’s GNA seen as systematically assailing electoral process
September 09, 2020
Libya’s suspended Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha speaks upon his arrival at Mitiga International Airport, east of Tripoli on August 29. (AFP)
Bashagha’s central bank ally pays the bill for Turkey’s support
September 01, 2020
(L-R) Khalifa Haftar, LNA commander, Aguila Saleh Issa, speaker of the House of Representatives, and GNA Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj during an international conference on Libya in Paris, May 29, 2018. (AFP)
Optimism about Libyan ceasefire agreement but devil in the detail
August 22, 2020
Qatari Defense Minister Khalid bin Muhammad al-Attiah (C) waits for the arrival of his Turkish counterpart to meet with Prime Minister of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj (unseen) in Tripoli, August 17.
Qatar comes out of Turkey’s shadow as it returns to North Africa
August 18, 2020
Members of the House of Representatives of the Government of National Accord (GNA) attend the first session at the copycat parliament in Tripoli on May 2, 2019. (AFP)
Libya’s Islamists create ‘parallel bodies’, further muddling conflict
July 24, 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron talks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conference Friday, June 26, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP)
Tripoli government seeks to disrupt French-Russian coordination on Libya
June 27, 2020
French Rafale warplanes on the deck of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, docked at Cyprus’ main port of Limasso. (AP)
France factor disrupts Turkey's plan for control of Sirte
June 16, 2020
US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien (L), and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) look on as US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in Washington. (AFP)
US State Department seen on different course than Trump on Libya issue
June 13, 2020
Militants loyal to Libya’s Turkish-backed government in Tripoli. (REUTERS)
US confused policy on Libya encourages Turkey
June 11, 2020
Tripoli’s interior minister Fathi Bashagha speaks during an interview in March. (AFP)
Turkey crosses Russian red lines in Libya, LNA awaits Egypt’s ‘Plan B’
June 08, 2020