# Libya rivals test a new path towards unity, 15 years after Gaddafi’s downfall

https://mins.news/en/item/28782

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-21 19:21 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/21/libya-rivals-test-a-new-path-towards-unity-15-years-after-gadaffi-overthrow?traffic_source=rss

> Fifteen years after rebels took Tripoli and overthrew Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s rival authorities are finding limited ways to cooperate. They agreed in April on a 190bn-dinar budget, while eastern and western forces trained together in Sirte for the first time in more than a decade. Elections remain contested over eligibility, procedures and government powers, and violence continues within both camps.