The parallels between Libya’s revolution and Syria’s are stark. But they need not be prophetic | Najla Mohammed El Mangoush

As a former Libyan foreign minister, I urge the world not to let Syria become another cautionary tale of a nation left to crumble under the weight of global apathy and splintered leadership

In December, the world watched in awe as Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria imploded. But as Syria rejoices, I bear a warning: we cannot let Syria's power vacuum fester into another civil war, as the international community did in Libya.

As Libya's first female foreign minister, I am painfully aware of what is at stake. When images of our own dictator's dead body were broadcast to the world in 2011, we believed Libya had been liberated. But the euphoria of revolutions often gives way to darker realities.