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Mustafa Fetouri is an independent Libyan academic and an award-winning journalist. He can be reached at mustafafetouri@hotmail.com. On Twitter: @MFetouri
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![A member of Libyan forces loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar holds a weapon as he sits on a car in front of the gate at Zueitina oil terminal in Zueitina, west of Benghazi, Libya September 14, 2016. Picture taken September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori - D1BEUBKLFRAC](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/07/RTSNU2U.jpg/RTSNU2U.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=8WUd3VEh)
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