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Libya central bank governor — Libyan Central Bank Governor Al-Seddiq Omar al-Kabir speaks during a news conference in Tripoli on Jan. 13, 2012. Kabir denied receiving roughly $20 billion in assets that were held overseas by Moammar Gadhafi's regime and frozen during the conflict that ousted him. — Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images

A bank teller counts money as a customer looks on at a bank in Libya's western coastal city of Misrata on Aug. 25, 2024.

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Police officers stand guard outside Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli on Aug. 27, 2024.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Libyan government of national unity prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (L) pose for a photo during the official ceremony prior to their meeting in Ankara on April 12, 2021. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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