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Video: Libya, From Arab Spring to Failed State?

18th February 2018
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From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Libya Business News.

A political solution appears to remain out of reach for Libya seven years after Muammar Gaddafi's toppling.

The country is grappling with civil war, humanitarian crises and the threat from ISIL, leading some to question the 2011 foreign intervention that removed Gaddafi from power.

"It [was] a huge mistake and I think both Libyans and the world is paying for it", says Hafed Al-Ghwell, a columnist at Arab News and former senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. "It was a civil war between two sides of Libya in 2011. There [was], and still [is], significant tribal presence that is in support of Gaddafi and ... still loyal to him," he says. "NATO and Europe intervened on behalf of one side against another."

Mustafa Abushagur, former deputy prime minister of the post-Gaddafi government, disagrees. "What is going on today is really [that] we are paying for the legacy of the regime," he says. "If the intervention had not happened, Libyans could have been killed, thousands by thousands by the hands of Gaddafi."

"When Gaddafi was toppled, there [were] no institutions in the country to be able to carry on," says Abushagur. In this week’s Arena, Hafed Al Ghwell and Mustafa Abushagur debate the pros and cons of today’s Libya.

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