Since September, the conflict has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced most of the region’s population.

Since September, the conflict has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced most of the region’s population.

Thousands seek new routes to cross the treacherous desert to their final destination across the Mediterranean.

For many migrants, the ocean is the last leg of their trip to Europe, a harrowing journey across treacherous borders.

As fighting rages across the country, Libya’s warring sides have entered a final round of UN-brokered talks.

Al Jazeera chronicles Libya’s path from an optimistic transitional government to a deeply divided state.
![Libya Dawn fighters search for ISIL militants during a patrol near Sirte [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/199a381096ad4b48b8e333d54091e116_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Armed groups from Misrata are battling to oust ISIL fighters from Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown.

On the fourth anniversary of Libya’s revolution, mounting chaos has gripped the country.

The crisis of kidnapped soldiers by ISIL and Jabhat al-Nusra enters its third month with no end in sight.
![At least 27 Lebanese security forces are still held by ISIL and al-Nusra along Lebanon's border with Syria [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014102155711785734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The presence of longstanding Lebanese communities in West Africa is raising fears Ebola could be brought to Lebanon.
![The Lebanese population in Sierra Leone was around 7,000-8,000 before this year's epidemic [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149713463517580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
More than 150,000 Ethiopians have been deported from Saudi Arabia in recent months.
![Ahmed woke up in a Riyadh hospital with his kidney removed [Rachel Maher/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201422610119434734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)