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Libya warlord Haftar visits Moscow amid flood aftermath

The New Arab 26 Sep 2023
Haftar has received strong support from Russia and is seen as a key actor in Moscow's regional policy ... Haftar moved to the US in 1990 and was branded a traitor by Muammar Gaddafi's regime. He returned to Libya after Gaddafi was killed in 2011 and has built up a powerful militia backing the eastern government ....
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IOM says 543 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week

Xinhua 25 Sep 2023
TRIPOLI, Sept ... The migrants, who were rescued between Sept ... Because of the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, mostly Africans, chose to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores from Libya. ■ ... .
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Libya says Derna mayor, other officials detained after flood

Khaleejtimes 25 Sep 2023
Those detained included the mayor and an official in charge of water resources, it said, without identifying them ... A 2007 contract to repair the dams was never completed amid civil war that began with the NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 ... .
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Derna mayor, other officials detained after Libya flood

Middle East Online 25 Sep 2023
Those detained included the mayor and an official in charge of water resources, it said, without identifying them ... A 2007 contract to repair the dams was never completed amid civil war that began with the NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 ... ....
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Arrest of eight officials ordered in Libya after flood

RTE 25 Sep 2023
Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands of people ... On Saturday the official death toll passed 3,800 ... The 2011 NATO-backed revolt toppled longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi, leading to more than a decade of start-stop conflict ... .
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Libya orders arrest of 8 officials after flood disaster

The New Arab 25 Sep 2023
Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands, his office said on Monday ... Years of conflict ... The 2011 NATO-backed revolt toppled longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi, leading to more than a decade of start-stop conflict in the oil-rich country ... ....
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Libya’s top prosecutor orders eight officials arrested after flood disaster

Al Jazeera 25 Sep 2023
Libya’s chief prosecutor has ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the recent flood disaster that killed thousands, his office said ... end of list ... The oil-rich North African nation has been in chaos since 2011, when a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi, who was later killed.
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UN envoy stresses need for unity in Libya after deadly floods

China.dot.org 24 Sep 2023
TRIPOLI, Sept ... On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel triggered the largest and worst floods in decades in eastern Libya ... Libya has been in a political stalemate since the overthrow of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, with two rival governments and a number of foreign powers intervening in the conflict ... Enditem .
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Once popular holiday destination, Lampedusa now gateway to EU for migrants

Anadolu Agency 24 Sep 2023
Famous for its natural beauty and beaches, Lampedusa began to change course in the 2000s ... Taking advantage of the internal instability in Libya after the overthrow of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, human traffickers began taking irregular migrants fleeing Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe via the Libya-Mediterranean-Italy route ... .
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NATO brings death to Libya a decade after its barbaric intervention

Russia Today 24 Sep 2023
Just over a decade ago, Libya was in the news, with Western leadership celebrating the murder of Muammar Gaddafi, following a months-long NATO bombing campaign, all in the name of protecting the Libyan people ... came, we saw, he died,” of the sodomizing and killing of Gaddafi.
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Flood strengthens Libya's national fabric, volunteers say

The New Arab 24 Sep 2023
About a dozen women hunch over sewing machines in Libya's capital, urgently making clothes for the living, and shrouds for the dead, two weeks after a huge flood devastated the eastern city of Derna ... Libya 'unites us'. Since a 2011 NATO-backed revolt toppled longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has seen more than a decade of stop-start conflict.
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UK Intelligence Spun 2013 Syria Chemical Attack, Leaked Docs Show

Scheerpost 23 Sep 2023
By Kit Klarenberg / The Grayzone ... John Jenkins, a veteran diplomat who served as London’s special representative to Libya following NATO’s violent ouster of Muammar Gaddafi during 2011 and later became the UK’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said there was serious resentment in Riyadh following Western governments’ failure to take the bait ... Author Site.
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The Real Reasons the Derna Dam in Libya Broke

Scheerpost 22 Sep 2023
By Mnar Adley / MintPress News ... Muammar Qadaffi ... Support our Independent Journalism — Donate Today! ... But following the Arab Spring, the Obama administration, including Hillary Clinton and Samantha Powers and NATO states like France and the UK, saw an opportunity to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi soon after he announced a pan-African gold currency ... ....
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Qatar sends medical aid, rescue team to flood-stricken Libya

Al Jazeera 22 Sep 2023
Qatar has sent 23 tonnes of aid and a search-and-rescue team to help the flood-stricken Libyan city of Derna ... list 3 of 4Photos ... list 4 of 4‘In Derna, death is everywhere’ ... The deadly floods have united Libya’s two rival governments to a certain extent in a country that has remained fractured since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi ... .
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‘The least we can do is care for their children’: Libyans rally to protect Derna’s orphans

The Observer 22 Sep 2023
Entire neighbourhoods were destroyed in Derna after two dams broke. Photograph. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters ... EPA ... On Monday hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the main mosque in Derna, where they castigated the political class that has controlled Libya since the dictator Muammar Gaddafi was ousted and killed in a Nato-supported uprising in 2011 ... .
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