Drawing on the recent clashes and tensions in Libya, namely the attempt to seize control of infrastructure in Libya’s Oil Crescent by armed forces led by the defected head of the Petroleum Facilities Guard Ibrahim Jadhran, Erin Neale argues in The Defense Post on 25 June that increased violence is to be expected in the coming weeks and months. The author foresees that rival armed groups and political parties are likely to resort to violence to gain more power and influence as elections approach. Neale also contrasts the growing instability prevailing on the ground with the continuous push by the international community to hold elections.
Renewed violence to be expected in Libya as elections approach