There is, however, a basic division between eastern Libya (Cyrenaica) and western Libya (
Tripolitania) that underlies the manifold rivalries of tribes and clans in both parts of the country.
They offered a coin and a sack of cereal to every Arab in
Tripolitania (Libya) who surrendered.
If one looks at collapse of Gaddafi regime in Libya, one thing becomes prominent; a state losing monopoly on information would soon lose monopoly on violence (police and Army).Libya was targeted along the fault line of Cyrenaica vs
Tripolitania and power axis was shift towards Cyrenaica by design.
Of course, in 1951, King Idriss came to power with a UK and US mandate to unite what were three distinct areas, Cyrenaica,
Tripolitania and Fezzan after the wreckage of fascism in Europe.
The atheistic Soviets inherited a secular version of these dreams: At Potsdam in 1945, Stalin demanded a"trusteeship" over
Tripolitania, Libya, and later recognised Israel, hoping in both cases to gain a Mediterranean base.
Islamic State in
Tripolitania, Islamist militia associated with Daesh
Until a draft constitution is drawn up that the three provinces of
Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica can agree upon, everything in Libya is likely to remain fluid and uncertain.
The two provinces of
Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, which Italy wrested from the Ottomans just before WWI, were forced together into an entity called "Libya," despite their profound historical and cultural differences.
Contemporary culture has a strong bearing on her designs but her family heritage goes back to a leading family in
Tripolitania in the early 20th century, which too has a strong bearing on her style.
However, as the oil export incidents show, it will be rough going to achieve a consensus over this from Libyans in the three principal regions of
Tripolitania in the west, Cyrenaica in the east and Fezzan in the south.