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    Libya: Why Arab world is scrambling to join multinational conflict

    Feb 07, 2020 5 minutes

    Each day flights pour into Libya from across the region: soldiers from Sudan, fighters from Syria, advisers from Turkey, tanks and drones from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

    Over the past three months, the overwhelming influx of fighters and weapons has internationalized a conflict between Libyan factions for control of the oil-rich North African country that has simmered since the 2011 ouster of dictator Muammar Qaddafi.

    But as regional powers line up behind the factions to vie for economic and political gain, Libyans are caught in a deeper struggle between competing political visions for their country and other states across the Arab world: an illiberal democracy versus an autocracy led by a military strongman.

    “Before, the conflict was mainly Libyan, with some outside interference,” says

    Arab Spring codaMultiple interestsWhat model for Mideast?

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