“The country has two governments at the moment, one in Tripoli, the other in Tobruk, far to the west. And there are numerous militias, many with an Islamist tinge, some tied with al Qaeda or the bloodthirsty followers of the so-called Islamic State based in Syria and Iraq. The chaos is not recent, nor should it be underestimated. That may have been the most fatal of several mistakes that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi in 2012.”

Source: Can Libya Save Itself From ISIS? – The Daily Beast