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  • "Tripoli Is Crying": Lebanon's Second City Is On the Brink of Battle

    Conflicts between those who support Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and those who back the rebels in Syria are always on the verge of breaking out, and tensions are particularly high in the aftermath of an August terrorist attack.

  • Meet the Libyan Militia Detaining Migrants in a Zoo

    Said Ben Suleiman's brigade—and some lions, camels, and spider monkeys—are on the frontline of Europe's immigration crisis. They run a holding cell in one of the zoo’s empty offices and make frequent raids on boatloads of migrants setting off from...

  • Watching Your Dad Get Kidnapped by America Sucks

    Meeting the son of Abu Anas al-Libi, who was abducted in Libya this week.

  • Libya Is Getting Better and Better for Teenage Arms Dealers

    Clashes have broken out in Libya between militias as they clamor for power. A metaphor for Libya's infatuation with violence can be found in the changing of the wares for sale on Tripoli's Al Rashid Street. Innocuous fireworks have been replaced by...

  • A Syrian Proxy War Is Being Fought in Tripoli

    Clashes between Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen are nothing new, yet they have started clashing more regularly since the the uprising in neighboring Syria. This has only served to fuel speculation that what's going on in Tripoli is not just linked to...

  • The Hangover News

    One of Britain's most wanted fugitives was arrested this weekend, but you were probably too drunk to notice.