In Tripoli, some 1450 kilometres west, a hospital said it would perform operations free of charge for any injured in the flood. “The wound or pain of what happened in Derna hurt all the people from western Libya to southern Libya to eastern Libya,” he said. General Khalifa Hifter’s forces besieged Tripoli in a year-long failed military campaign to try to capture the capital, killing thousands. “We have even seen some military commanders arrive from the Tripoli allied military coalition in Derna, showing support,” said Claudia Gazzini, a senior Libya analyst at International Crisis Group. As the storm approached, authorities told people – including those in vulnerable areas – to stay indoors.

Source: Libya Today September 17, 2023 20:20 UTC