o discussion of the year 2011 can be complete without a reference to what's been termed Arab Spring. The political phenomenon has the potential to have an extraordinary impact on ARCHAEOLOGY for years ...

Ten years after Libya’s NATO-backed uprising ousted and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the country remains wracked by conflict and chaos, its population bled dry despite the nation’s vast oil wealth.

In Libya, the airwaves have been liberated from years of control by the regime of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Now, Libyans can hear foreign radio... Arab Spring Blooms On Libyan Radio The fall of Libyan ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) heads back into the Oval Office after making a statement about the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens with ...

The onset of the Arab Spring can feel like the distant past amid the grim brutality of our current times, but it raises timeless questions. What is the trade-off between courage and safety; idealism ...

Revolutions are inherently chaotic, and their precise outcome is impossible to predict. Made up of a quick and inevitably violent succession of events, they result in radical and sweeping changes — ...

Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya until he was ousted by a NATO-backed intervention in 2011. The country has been in political turmoil since, with the military and government dividing rule. Gaddafi's son, ...

Vijay Prashad, author of “Arab Spring, Libyan Winter,” says Libya is awash with weapons and fighters, much like Afghanistan 25 years ago after the withdrawal of Russia ...

W ITH THE overrunning of Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in Tripoli, the Libyan rebels’ victory looks irreversible. There are pockets of pro-Gadhafi resistance elsewhere, notably around the tyrant’s home ...

Reporting from Cairo — Artillery shells and airstrikes, not placards and peaceful protests, sent Moammar Kadafi fleeing from his fortress: The Libyan uprising has made it clear that even the most ...