But then the war came and we fled,” said Mohammed Bouzid, 45. “After we returned, there was nothing left.”To the east in Benghazi, the Alis had to leave their Misrata Street neighbourhood when fighting engulfed Libya’s second biggest city in 2014. They returned in 2018, so desperate to get home that they ignored official warnings about landmines and unexploded bombs. They left the farm in the Ain Zara district when Haftar launched his war last year, returning only after his retreat. Street after street in the neighbourhood shows the scars of fighting, with electricity lines cut, and shops and houses burned out.

Source: Libya Today October 29, 2020 15:07 UTC