ISIL’s gains in Libya and the case for intervention
Libya has replaced Syria and Iraq as the top military priority, especially for Europeans. The political stalemate is ongoing with Libya's two governments having competing patrons: Tripoli supported by Qatar and Turkey, while Tobruk gets the nod from the West, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. The risk of a larger Western intervention may have incited ISIL fighters to leave their bases in Libya and head south, potentially putting both Niger and Chad at risk. It will carry out joint exercises with Egypt – a country very concerned about ISIL’s activities in Libya that conducted air strikes there in 2015. The political stalemate is ongoing with Libya’s two governments having competing patrons: Tripoli supported by Qatar and Turkey, while Tobruk gets the nod from the West, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
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