Accompanying photographs showed teams unloading aid packages from the aircraft while a military truck, draped with the flags of Russia and Libya, waits on the tarmac at Benghazi’s Benina airport.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230924-russia-woos-haftar-but-can-the-derna-floods-give-libyans-another-chance

A flurry of Russian Il-76s has also reportedly been shuttling between bases used by Wagner in Libya and Latakia, Syria in the days leading up to the fighting and since it began.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/specter-prolonged-conflict-haunts-sudan-warring-generals-dig

After years of treating Libya as a problem to contain and keep at bay, the United States has an opportunity, now, through this disaster, to re-engage directly with the Libyan people.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/the-unimaginable-has-happened-in-libya/

Also a source of worry is the impact of such an arms conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa which is also a theatre of terrorist activities fuelled by illegal arms deals by dubious elements from conflict-ravaged countries such as Libya.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/the-brawl-by-sudans-generals-and-implications-for-nigeria-by-lizzy-okoji/

Anas El Gomati, founder and director of Libya-based think tank Sadeq Institute, told Al Jazeera that the site is most likely located in southern Libya, about7km (4 miles) from the city of Sabha.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/16/un-says-tonnes-of-uranium-missing-from-libyan-site-reports

An officer in a neon protective vest and military fatigues steps out of an armored vehicle in Derna, Libya.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/29/derna-floods-libya-lna-protests-journalists-recovery-efforts/

Arguably, if either Russia or China had used its veto, the carnage and devastation in Libya could have been averted.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/02/antiwar-insouciance-and-war-hawks/

A similar agreement is already in place between the EU and Libya.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/ursula-von-der-leyen-lampedusa-meloni-visit-6170321-Sep2023/

A view shows rescue teams searching for dead bodies at a beach, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 17, 2023.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/libyan-flood-survivors-weigh-water-shortages-against-landmine-risk/article_e7d08fdd-ae83-52b0-9079-f7e66bc3483a.html

But, as Noam Chomsky has pointed out, the bombing of Libya led to devastation far worse than anything the no-fly zone was meant to protect from.

Source: https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2023/06/05/a-plea-not-to-risk-nuclear-war/

Capital punishment is still legal in Libya, but the ultimate penalty is not often applied.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/08/families-libya-mass-grave-victims-demand-justice

Claudia Gazzini, a senior Libya analyst at International Crisis Group, says the problem is partially logistical with many of the roads entering the port city having been severed by the storm.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/09/how-libyas-chaos-left-its-people-vulnerable-to-deadly-flooding/

Connected: Facebook is by far the most popular social media platform in Libya with more than six million users.

Source: https://theconversation.com/social-media-now-trumps-traditional-family-networks-in-libya-my-facebook-survey-reached-446-000-women-197963

Depending on the depth of the military confrontation these will add millions of people fleeing their homes (adding to those affected by natural disasters recently in Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan and Libya).

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/10/15/the-changing-security-challenges-for-cyprus/

Despite the United Nations-brokered Libya Political Agreement (LPA) birthed in December 2015 in Skhirat, Morocco, none of the subsequent agreements have been able to set the country on a path toward a solution.

Source: https://themedialine.org/mideast-mindset/a-path-toward-a-solution-in-libya/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-path-toward-a-solution-in-libya

Does anyone remember Libya other than as the port of departure after a new misfortune at sea?

Source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/06/shipwreck-greece-reminds-us-mess-libya/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shipwreck-greece-reminds-us-mess-libya

Ethan Chorin is a former American diplomat to Libya and is the author of “Benghazi!

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/opinion/libya-flooding-responsibility.html

Fifteen (15) Participants from 10 countries across 3 African Regions, namely North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and Libya), West Africa (The Gambia, Ghana and Benin) and East Africa (Somaliland, Uganda, Mozambique and Malawi) gathered to attend the workshop.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/training-of-trainers-tot-programme-on-conflict-management-united-cities-and-local-governments-of-africa-uclg-africa-and-african-centre-for-the-constructive-resolution-of-disputes-accord-officia/

Has Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya etc been declared U.S territory and written into it's constitution?

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/sports/olympic-head-slams-%27deplorable%27-government-views-on-russia

Hisar A batteries, each with four-to-six launcher vehicles, were sent to Syria and Libya several years ago for some combat experience.

Source: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htada/articles/20230415.aspx