The past year has seen the US ramp up its engagement with rival Libyan factions. After nearly 15 years of disengagement, the administration has shifted towards a pragmatic and transactional approach.
Leading the renewed interest is President Donald Trump’s top adviser on Arab, Middle Eastern and African affairs, Massad Boulos, who first visited Libya in July 2025 (MEES, 8 August 2025), marking the first real bilateral engagement since US Ambassador Chris Stevens and other Americans were killed in an attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi in 2012 (MEES, 14 September 2012). (CONTINUED - 1000 WORDS)
