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## Libya


* ![Floodwaters from Mediterranean storm Daniel are visible in Derna, Libya, on Sept. 12.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63ba0b9b057922dc/698a4065b3fce384f80cad5b/libya-flood-aftermath-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 15, 2023  
## [Unnatural Disaster: Photos of Devastation in Derna](https://time.com/6314312/libya-flooding-unnatural-disaster-derna-photos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Karl Vick
* ![Overturned cars lay among other debris caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on Sept. 11.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60bd6f8279e78941/698a405209208ff87341ab49/libya-flood-how-to-help.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2023  
## [How to Help Libya's Flood Victims](https://time.com/6313307/help-flood-victims-libya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Anna Gordon
* ![Libya Civil War](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7524f126e7e7968f/698a09f409208fdad041649d/libya-civil-war-haftar-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 12, 2020  
## [How War in Libya Became an Internationalized Battle](https://time.com/5779348/war-libya-global-conflict/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Frederic Wehrey
* ![TRIPOLI, LIBYA - JANUARY 19: Smoke rises after forces of Warlord Khalifa Haftar attacked to capital Tripoli, Libya on January 19, 2020. Haftars forces had again violated the cease-fire which started early last Sunday.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5428f8346b441f0e/698a092adb29875f2a264d48/world-powers-libya-civil-war-interference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 23, 2020  
## [World Powers Pledged to Stop Interfering in Libya. Will They?](https://time.com/5770164/world-powers-libya-civil-war-interference/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Sep 27, 2019  
## [17 Killed in U.S. Airstrike on Suspected ISIS Targets in Libya, Military Says](https://time.com/5688115/libya-us-airstrike/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Billy Perrigo  
* ![Libya Alleges Russian Interference in Elections](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fcd1a169536b8f6/6989ff92096a942c606a69d6/libya-russia-elections.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 5, 2019  
## [Libyan Security Forces Arrest Two Russians Allegedly Attempting to Interfere in Elections](https://time.com/5621252/libya-russian-trolls-elections/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![A man inspects damage to an area where migrants slept inside the Tajoura detention center near Tripoli, Libya, on July 3. Dozens of migrants were killed in an attack that was condemned around the world.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt853d871c2a923c1d/6989ff85457a526f64d6273e/emanuele-satolli-libya-migrant-center-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 4, 2019  
## [This Is the Devastating Aftermath of an Airstrike That Killed 53 Migrants at a Libyan Detention Center](https://time.com/5620517/libya-migrants-airstrike/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![LIBYA-CONFLICT-SARRAJ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7511f61098ea3194/698947e54ee262a99b3144e8/libya-military.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 12, 2019  
## [The Quick Read About… What's Happening in Libya](https://time.com/5569624/whats-happening-in-libya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![LIBYA-CONFLICT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd7c0e322d6c219f/698947f422fb857d74e28118/gettyimages-1135873406.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 9, 2019  
## [Libya Is on the Brink of Civil War and a U.S. Citizen Is Responsible. Here's What to Know](https://time.com/5566575/libya-tripoli-khalifa-haftar-gadddafi/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![Hundreds of migrants wait to be rescued off the coast of Libya on Aug. 21, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44c580709aaea058/6989447bab6d770d4a6b4bf3/lynsey-addario-mediterranean-migrants-libya-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 5, 2019  
## [The Families of Migrants Held Hostage Are Using Facebook to Raise Money for Smugglers’ Ransoms](https://time.com/5510517/facebook-smuggling-libya-ransoms/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sally Hayden  
* ![LIBYA-UNREST-ATTACK](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4248318412a6737a/6989423c096a94b5876a4406/GettyImages-1074770320.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 26, 2018  
## [IS Claims Suicide Attack on Libya's Foreign Ministry](https://time.com/5488335/libya-islamic-state-claims-attack/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Libya-Violence-Chaos-Migrants](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61ce63a2aac8a0c8/6989398dab6d771b336b3990/libya-violence-chaos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 6, 2018  
## [Libya’s Recent Violence Is a Reminder the Country Is Still Badly Broken](https://time.com/5388363/libya-tripoli-violence/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ciara Nugent
* ![Ain Zara prison was handed over to the Justice Ministry from a Tripoli-based militia on Thursday](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1952c0f491fd569/6989394bfb4eac6dbb8978ad/rtr2x7kd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 3, 2018  
## [Hundreds of Prisoners Escape Libya Prison Amid Fighting](https://time.com/5385219/prison-break-tripoli-libya-clashes/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan lea](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt686a511f82a04e01/69892b91929fad3d8bbf00a5/gettyimages-134030282.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 21, 2018  
## [Did Libya's Dictator Bankroll Sarkozy? Gaddafi's Son Hinted at Dirt in 2011](https://time.com/5208822/gaddafi-son-dirt-sarkozy-libya-regime/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Vivienne Walt
* ![LIBYA-EUROPE-MIGRANTS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13c03f2e5fac458a/6988f3477cdbac7af3d5b111/gettyimages-810680708.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2017  
## [The Libyan Slave Trade Has Shocked the World. Here’s What You Should Know](https://time.com/5042560/libya-slave-trade/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush

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