1. The city of Benghazi, Libya at dusk

    Libyan Eastern Province Declares Semiautonomy

    Tribal leaders insist the move is necessary after decades of discrimination against Cyrenaica under the Gaddafi regime.

  1. Republican senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina appears on Fox News Sunday, March 4, 2012

    Libya “Model” for Aiding Syrian Rebels, Senators Say

    Top American lawmakers suggested that the intervention in Libya could be a model for what to do in Syria.

  1. Presidents Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy of France and the United States in Paris, April 2009

    Libya: French Soft Power in Retrospect

    President Nicolas Sarkozy’s leadership role in the Libyan intervention was an example of France’s ability to “frame and shame.”

  1. A rebel fighter looks at a burning vehicle during battle near the oil port of Ra's Lanuf, Libya, March 10, 2011 (Reuters)

    War Damage to Hit Return of Libyan Crude

    If Libya speeds up the revitalization of its oil industry, Wikistrat analysts predicts a bright future for the country.

  1. Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council prepares to speak in Tripoli

    Western Nations Silent As Libya Tumbles

    Libyans are disillusioned with their country’s new leaders while the West struggles to come up with an appropriate response.