STORY-TRÅD·politik

Trump seeks to play peacemaker in a divided Libya

After 15 years of keeping a low profile on Libya, Washington now wants to reconcile the rival authorities in the country's east and west by brokering a power-sharing agreement negotiated among a handful of local warlords. Far from calming the nation, this initiative has triggered a frantic reshuffling of power dynamics and exposed the fragility of alliances on both sides.