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Mat Nashed is an investigative journalist covering Middle East-related news. Focusing on black markets and migration, he has reported from Turkey, Lebanon and Tunisia, with his work appearing on VICE and Al-Jazeera. On Twitter: @matnashed
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![The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi Saif al-Islam (R) sits with Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi (not seen) as they attend a ceremony to mark the arrival of water from the Great Manmade River (GMR) in the southern Libyan city of Ghiryan, 18 August 2007. The Great Manmade River is a huge network of pipes supplying water from under the Sahara desert to various cities and population centres in Libya. AFP PHOTO/ MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/04/GettyImages-129890335.jpg/GettyImages-129890335.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=lpUXxg8P)
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![Tunisian officials kidnapped by armed militia at the Tunisian Consulate in the Libyan captial, Tripoli, arrive at Aouina military airport in Tunis on June 19, 2015, following a week-long captivity. Tunisia said it was shutting its consulate in conflict-hit Libya as the 10 staffers who were abducted were released and heading home. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/03/GettyImages-477697132.jpg/GettyImages-477697132.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=S8J2iLwE)
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![A Turkish Kurd plays the citar as smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa province October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (TURKEY - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR4BMFX](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/07/RTR4BMFX.jpg/RTR4BMFX.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=AFQpvsHi)
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![Members of forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar ride in a truck in the Benina area, east of Benghazi October 24, 2014. Violent clashes have taken place over the past few weeks between these forces loyal to Haftar and both the Islamist group, the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, and an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels Ansar al-Sharia, for control of the airport nearby. The two latter groups have now withdrawn and the area is being controlled by these forces loyal to Haftar. Libya's ar](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/10/RTR4BK5Q.jpg/RTR4BK5Q.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=pVzV_avA)
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