Is Libya in a civil war?

In a piece for War on The Rocks published on 11 July, Anas El Gomati analyses the evolution of the conflict in Tripoli between forces aligned with the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA). Interestingly, El Gomati uses the term “civil war” to address the current conflict in Tripoli, adding that

The transformation of the conflict from a localized battle in Tripoli’s suburbs and low intensity civil war into a large-scale, foreign-led air campaign seems more likely now than it ever has been before.

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