Libya’s Recent Violence Is a Reminder the Country Is Still Badly Broken

Families are "living in fear" after a week of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Tripoli, the U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator in Libya said Sept. 2. At least 61 died, 159 were wounded, and some 400 inmates escaped a prison as rival militias battled for territory in Libya's capital city. The violence was a reminder that the chaos unleashed by the removal of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 is far from contained. Combustible Mix Since 2014, Libya has been divided in two. A U.N.