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Events in Libya in 2024 . It's been 10 years since Wilayat Barqa and others formed from the allegiance of Libyan militants like the (Shura Council of Islamic Youth) and defectors formerly associated with Ansar al-Sharia in Libya. IS still controls southern Libya.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Khalifa Haftar</span> Libyan Field Marshal leader of LNA (born 1943)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Tripoli (2018)</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derna dam collapses</span> Failure of multiple dams in Libya

The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, Libya, on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel. The collapse of the Derna Dam and the Abu Mansour Dam released an estimated 30 million cubic meters of water, causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks. The floods partially destroyed the city of Derna. The official death toll was 5,923, but as many as 24,000 people may have died. The event was the second-deadliest dam failure in history, after the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure in China.

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