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Sep 2023
39m 11s

Tarek Megerisi: Libya's Crises

Center For Strategic And International Studies
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This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Tarek Megerisi, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. They talk about the ongoing conflict in Libya and the interests of international actors in the country. Tarek also discusses the recent flooding that devastated the city of Darna, and how the last decade of conflict contributed to t ... Show More
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