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A migrants splashes water on his face as he disembarks with others from an Italian Guardia di Finanza finance police boat at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, southern Italy, early Tuesday, July 9, 2019. According to reports 53 migrants were rescued in the Sicilian Channel by an Italian Coast Guard patrol vessel, but six of them were immediately transferred to Lampedusa due to medical conditions. (Ciccio Ruta/ANSA via AP)

Macron says UN refugee agency attacked, decries Libya camps

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Libya’s largest oil field shut down over pipeline closure

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

Tripoli parliament warns of airstrikes by Hifter’s allies

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Then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. The foreign minister was in Washington again in July 2019 to participate in the expanding "U.S.-Tunisia Strategic Dialogue" and hold talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) ** FILE **

Tunisia’s foreign minister: ‘Democracy is the best tool to fight terrorism and extremism’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, July 17, 2019 frame grab from video, Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim, a 19-year-old Sudanese, who made his way into Libya with the help of smugglers last year prepares food in a migrant detention center in the city of Sabha, which is about 650 kilometers, or 400 miles, south of the capital, Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo)

Migrants in Libya detention center detail dire conditions

By ADEL OMRAN - Associated Press

Libya’s UN-backed government says female lawmaker abducted

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Undated photo issued Wednesday, July 17, 2019, by Force for Deterrence in Libya, showing Hashem Abedi, the brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi. British police said Wednesday that Hashem Abedi, a key suspect in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing that killed 22 people, has been arrested at a London airport after being extradited from Libya. (Force for Deterrence in Libya via AP)

Brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber arrested in UK

By GREGORY KATZ and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Libya says it intercepts boat with 53 migrants off coast

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Libya says 23 Europe-bound migrants intercepted off coast

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Turkey’s Erdogan meets head of Libya’s UN-supported gov’t

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SAM MAGDY - Associated Press

CORRECTS DATE TO TUESDAY JULY 2, 2019 - Debris covers the ground after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli in Libya, late Tuesday, July 2, 2019. The airstrike hit the detention center for migrants early killing several. The Tripoli government has blamed the LNA and its foreign backers for the airstrike, which killed at least 44 and wounded more than 130. (AP Photo)

UN condemns attack on migrants, calls for Libyan cease-fire

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Debris covers the ground and an emergency vehicle after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli in Libya, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. An airstrike hit the detention center for migrants early Wednesday, killing several. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

The Latest: Group says 54 migrants rescued north of Libya

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Debris covers the ground and an emergency vehicle after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli in Libya, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. An airstrike hit the detention center for migrants early Wednesday, killing several. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Deadly land, deadly sea: Libya migrants face brutal choice

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

This image taken on a mobile phone on Wednesday July 3, 2019 shows the damage inside the detention center in Tripoli's Tajoura neighborhood after an airstrike. Libyan officials say an airstrike has struck a detention center for migrants in the capital, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens. The airstrike was likely to raise further concerns about the European Union's policy of partnering with Libyan militias to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean, which often leaves them at the mercy of brutal traffickers or stranded in squalid detention centers near the front lines. (AP Photo)

In Libya, a rogues’ gallery of militias

By RAMI MUSA and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Libyan Red Crescent workers recover migrants bodies after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli Wednesday, July 3, 2019. An airstrike hit the detention center for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

The Latest: UN Security Council to condemn attack in Libya

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Libyan Red Crescent workers recover migrants bodies after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli Wednesday, July 3, 2019. An airstrike hit the detention center for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Airstrike hits migrant detention center in Libya; at least 40 killed

By Rami Musa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Migrants detained in Libya, caught in crossfire, seek aid

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

In this May 21, 2019 photo provided by an African migrant, hundreds of migrants stage a protest in a detention center in the town of Zintan, western Libya, appealing for help from the United Nations. In the desert of western Libya, hundreds of African migrants were held for months in a detention center, packed in amid garbage covered in maggots and sewage, shared buckets of water, and barely surviving on only one meal a day. More than 20 have died from disease and hunger, while EU-funded aid agencies had little knowledge of the situation, according to leaked memos and migrants. (AP Photo)

Migrants stranded in Libya endure sewage, maggots, disease

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 26, 2019 file photo, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, center left, arrives to NATO headquarters in Brussels. Turkey's defense ministry has said it is ready to retaliate against any attacks on Turkish vessels and interests by the forces of Libya's Khalifa Hifter. Akar said Sunday, June 30, 2019, that there would be &quot;heavy&quot; consequences to any &quot;hostile attitude or attacks.&quot; (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool, File)

Turkey says 6 nationals held in Libya, vows to respond

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Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete is seen on board the vessel at sea in the Mediterranean, just off the coasts of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, Thursday, June 27, 2019. The captain of the humanitarian rescue ship says that Italian law enforcement officials have told them that a resolution is near for 42 migrants rescued at sea that Italy’s populist government has so far refused to allow to disembark. (ANSA/Matteo Guidelli via AP)

Rescue ship captain held in Italy attracts donors, defenders

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press