CIA director Bill Burns arrives in Libya on surprise visit - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Marita Kassis

Marita Kassis

Jan 12, 2023

Drew Angerer/Getty Images — CIA Director William Burns arrives at the US Capitol on June 14, 2022, in Washington, DC. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry give a joint press conference, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 22, 2023.

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General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Hifter (L).

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In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

A parade to commemorate the 2011 uprising that toppled Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi, in the coastal city of Tajura, east of the capital Tripoli, on February 25, 2022

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A set of ammunition, ordnance and armoured vehicles, including projectiles, rockets, shells and mortars, are seen at a demining group headquarters in Hay al-Andalus on March 29, 2022 Tripoli, Libya. Russian backed Wagner Group, aligned with commander Khalifa Haftar in east, left behind hundreds of unmarked mines and booby-traps scattered amongst civilian areas in the suburbs around the Libyan capital.

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