More than 100,000 Libyans flee fighting over past month
GENEVA, November 14 (UNHCR) The UN Refugee Agency on Friday reported that intense fighting among rival armed groups in western, eastern and south-eastern Libya has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes in the past month. The stepped up conflict is...
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