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While Americans protest President Trump's curb on travel and refugee flows, war-ravaged Libyans say they understand the need to take precautions. (Associated Press)

Libyans understand Trump’s reason behind order for travel ban

By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader — Special to The Washington Times

Jacklyn Parsons, center raises her fist in the air while participating in a sit-in protest at the Albuquerque Sunport Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Albuquerque, N.M.. A group of 1,000 protesters took over the arrival and departure area to express their opposition to President Trump's Executive Order to ban entry to the U.S to citizens from 7 predominant muslim countries, (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal)

The Latest: Pearce: Trump’s travel ban ‘poorly executed’

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Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all immigration from countries with terrorism concerns for 90 days. Countries included in the ban are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, which are all Muslim-majority nations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Correction: Trump-Refugees-The Latest story

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President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Official says ruling will not affect travel ban

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Libyan Foreign Minister, Mohamed Taher Siala, top center, attends a ministerial meeting of countries neighboring Libya which include Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Sudan, Niger and Chad, as well as United Nations envoy, Martin Kobler, third right, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, top left, said &quot;Egypt is committed to upholding Libya's sovereignty, supporting its legitimate institutions and rejecting foreign interference in the crisis&quot;. MENA reported. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Libya’s neighbors demand national dialogue to end crisis

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 - In this Nov. 22, 2016 photo, people in a small wooden boat on the Mediterranean Sea prepare to grab a rope and board the rescue boat Minden off the coast of Libya. This year is the deadliest on record for people crossing the rough waters of the Mediterranean to seek refuge in Europe. (Jason Pohl/The Coloradoan via AP)

Crisis at sea: A reporter’s experience

By JASON POHL - Associated Press

An Afriqiyah Airways plane from Libya stands on the tarmac at Malta's Luqa International airport, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Malta's state television says two hijackers who diverted a Libyan commercial plane to the Mediterranean island nation have threatened to blow it up. (AP Photo/Jonathan Borg)

Plane hijacking in Malta ends peacefully; 2 men surrender

By Rami Musa and Stephen Calleja - Associated Press

An Afriqiyah Airways plane stands on the tarmac at Malta International airport as an unidentified man waves a flag, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Hijackers diverted the Libyan commercial plane to Malta on Friday and threatened to blow it up with hand grenades, Maltese authorities and state media said. (TVM via AP)

Malta plane hijacking ends peacefully; 2 Libyans surrender

By RAMI MUSA and STEPHEN CALLEJA - Associated Press

In this frame grab taken from television a hijacked Afriqiyah Airways A320 sits on the tarmac at Malta International airport Friday Dec. 23, 2016. Malta's state television says two hijackers who diverted a Libyan commercial plane to the Mediterranean island nation have threatened to blow it up. (Photo TVM via AP)

The Latest: Flights resume at Malta Airport after hijacking

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Illustration on investigating Hillary's foreign policy record by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy: Doing stupid stuff

By Bruce Fein

Judge rejects Libya fund’s claim that Goldman Sachs duped it

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**FILE** Rebel fighters fire weapons in Benghazi, Libya, during the funeral of Abdul-Gader Al-Faitori, a rebel fighter who died after being injured a month earlier during combat with pro-Gadhafi forces. (Associated Press)

Marc Turi’s charges dropped in Libya weapons scheme

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Misrata brigade fighter Abdallah Karim watches for jihadi militants amid the destruction of his city. "I don't care," he says. "I just want the Islamic State men to be dead." (Mathieu Galtier/Special to the Washington Times)

Libya braces for chaos as ISIS retreats

By Mathier Galtier and John Dyer - Special to The Washington Times

Donald Trump reiterated that he has his own plan to defeat the Islamic State, but will listen to the advice of generals once elected. Those generals, he added, have been marginalized by the Obama administration. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton declare each other unfit to serve as commander in chief

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Hillary Clinton said she stands by the 2011 decision to take action in Libya and that America suffered no casualties. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton forgets Benghazi, claims ‘we did not lose a single American’ in Libya

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

"There will be no foreign intervention without the authorization of this government," said Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj of the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord. "This decision is an activation of Libya's role in both Islamic and international alliances to fight terrorism." (Associated Press)

Libya discord threatens to overshadow military successes against ISIS

By Reda Elhadi Fhelboom and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speak to reporters during a joint news conference with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Obama: Libya airstrikes critical to U.S. security

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Libyan security forces stand in front of the security headquarters, one showing his weapon with a Libyan flag, in the western city of Sabratha, Libya, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. American fighter-bombers struck an Islamic State militant training camp in rural Libya near Sabratha Friday, killing dozens. Serbian officials say two Serbian embassy staffers who had been held hostage since November are believed to have been killed in the airstrikes. Washington and its European allies are seeking to end the interminable divisions among Libyan factions to form a unity government that the West can support in fighting the jihadis. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa)

U.S. launches airstrikes against ISIS in Libya

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks to the media at United Nations headquarters Friday, July 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Boris Johnson calls for UN help destroying Libya chemicals

By MICHAEL ASTOR - Associated Press

Sirte and other parts of Libya became destabilized after the death of Moammar Gadhafi, and President Obama acknowledged that a lack of planning after the U.S. intervention was his worst mistake. (Associated Press)

ISIS’ rise in post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya catches CIA by surprise

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times