‘We have received a report that our revolutionaries have taken over the man-made river system. Thanks to God and thanks to our valiant revolutionaries there will be no water problem in the next few ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - While Libya's oil lies at the heart of three months of fighting over Tripoli and years of power struggles before that, water is becoming a far bigger concern for its people.

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The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about ...

September 29, 2023: Russia and Turkey continue to keep troops in Libya despite agreeing to withdraw their troops from Libya. Both nations want to protect their interests in Libya with sufficient ...

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Adding muscle to their demands for a cease-fire, Libyan officials warned Tuesday that the rebel-controlled eastern half of the country could be cut off from water supplies ...

In the 1980s, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi commissioned the Great Man-Made River, a sprawling network of pipelines designed to carry water from aquifers in the Sahara to the country’s coastal cities.

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Libya's new leadership said Sunday its fighters had control of much of the Great Man-Made River that brings water from desert aquifers to the coastal cities, in good news for Tripoli. BENGHAZI, Sep 04 ...