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Libya's Khalifa Hifter, the commander of the self-styled Libyan National Army, is seen at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. A U.S. judge tossed out a series of civil lawsuits, Friday, April 12, 2024, against Hifter, who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country's civil war. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

U.S. judge tosses out lawsuits against Libyan commander accused of war crimes

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

A general view of the city of Derna is seen on Sept. 12., 2023. For years, experts warned that floods pose a significant danger to dams protecting nearly 90,000 people in northeast of Libya, repeatedly calling for immediate maintenance to the two structures outside the city of Derna. But successive governments in the divided and chaos-stricken North African nation did not heed their advice. (AP Photo/Jamal Alkomaty, File)

Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

UN experts: Trump ally, UAE firms violated Libya sanctions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 13, 2014 file photo, Jan Kubis, United Nation representative for Afghanistan speaks during a joint press conference at the Independent Election Commission office in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kubis, the U.N. special envoy to Libya on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, met with the country’s east-based military commander as part of efforts to unite rival factions in the war-torn North African nation ahead of elections scheduled for December.(AP photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

UN envoy meets east-based Libya commander in push for unity

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Commander threatens to target Turkish forces in Libya

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2011 file photo, a Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega, eastern Libya. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Libya to resume oil production at largest field amid talks

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Judge allows US suit against Libyan commander to move ahead

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2020, file, photo shows Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter during a meeting in Athens. Libya’s U.N.-supported government Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, announced a cease-fire across the oil-rich country and called for demilitarizing the strategic city of Sirte, which is controlled by rival forces. Fayez Sarraj, head of the Government of National Accord in the capital Tripoli, also announced parliamentary and presidential elections would be held in March. Both administrations said they want an end to an oil blockade imposed by the camp of military commander Khalifa Hifter since earlier this year. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Libya’s east-based commander promises end of oil blockade

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

US says Libyan commander agrees to lift oil blockade

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Libyan commander: Head-of-state status grants legal immunity

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Libyan commander responds to federal lawsuits in Virginia

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

$This photo provided by Reda Fhelboom shows Ismail Bouzreeba al-Zway in Tunis in July 2015. A military court in eastern Libya has sentenced al-Zway, a local photojournalist to 15 years in prison on vague terrorism-related charges, prompting an outcry Friday, July 31, 2020 from human rights groups. The verdict sent a chilling message, local advocates said, underscoring the perils that journalists must navigate in east Libya, where military commander Khalifa Hifter has moved to quash all dissent and more broadly in a war-torn country overrun with fractious militias. (Reda Fhelboom via AP)$

East Libyan military court sentences journalist to 15 years

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UN says over 100 civilians killed in 2nd quarter in Libya

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Libyan Ministry of justice employees dig out at a siyte of a suspected mass grave in the town of Tarhouna, Libya, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The United Nations said that at least eight mass graves have been discovered, mostly in Tarhuna, a key western town that served as a main stronghold for Khalifa's east-based forces in their 14-month campaign to capture the capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Pentagon report: Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Libyan forces set conditions for lifting oil blockade

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Libyan Ministry of justice employees dig out at a siyte of a suspected mass grave in the town of Tarhouna, Libya, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The United Nations said that at least eight mass graves have been discovered, mostly in Tarhuna, a key western town that served as a main stronghold for Khalifa's east-based forces in their 14-month campaign to capture the capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

UN chief tells Libya’s Hifter there is no military solution

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2011 file photo, a Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega, eastern Libya. ON Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, the National Oil Corporation in Libya says that a decision by east-based forces to choke off oil exports from its territory has threatened to throttle much of the country’s oil production. Powerful tribal groups loyal to Gen. Khalifa Hifter, whose forces control much of eastern Libya, seized several large export terminals along the eastern coast as well as southern oil fields in a challenge to the rival U.N.-backed government based in Tripoli, which collects revenues from oil production. The move has ratcheted up tensions ahead of an international peace summit to end the civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Libya oil company: Russian mercenaries enter major oilfield

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In this Jan. 17, 2020, file, photo, Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter joins a meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Athens. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

US court hears torture case against top Libyan commander

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

In this Jan. 17, 2020, file photo, Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hafter joins a meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Athens. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File) ** FILE **

Tripoli forces say they have ended siege of Libyan capital

By Noha Elhennawy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019 file photo, a mortally wounded fighter of the 'Shelba' unit, allied with the U.N.-supported Libyan government, is moved by comrades after being shot at the Salah-addin neighborhood front line in Tripoli, Libya. The head of Libya’s internationally recognized government Tuesday, May 5, 2020, called for a renewal of U.N.-brokered talks to end divisions in the oil-rich country, amid escalating military clashes and increasing tensions between the main players in the capital Tripoli. (AP Photo/Ricard Garcia Vilanova, File)

Libyan PM calls for renewed UN talks amid increased tensions

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press