US mediation plan in Libya uses oil investments to push rival factions toward reunification

Fifteen years after NATO's intervention in a Libyan uprising set the stage for a prolonged period of chaos and political crisis, the United States is leading a diplomatic push for a reunification plan in the North African country.

Led by Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump's top adviser on Arab, Middle Eastern and African affairs – he is also the father of Trump's son-in-law Michael Boulos – the plan aims to turn a growing financial crisis in Libya into an incentive for warring factions to cooperate.

Libya has been split between rival eastern and western administrations since a civil war br