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This image taken on a mobile phone on Wednesday July 3, 2019 shows the damage inside the detention center in Tripoli's Tajoura neighborhood after an airstrike. Libyan officials say an airstrike has struck a detention center for migrants in the capital, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens. The airstrike was likely to raise further concerns about the European Union's policy of partnering with Libyan militias to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean, which often leaves them at the mercy of brutal traffickers or stranded in squalid detention centers near the front lines. (AP Photo)

In Libya, a rogues’ gallery of militias

By RAMI MUSA and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Libyans hold a demonstration at Martyrs' Square against military operations by forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, May 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Libyan officials: Militant attack kills 9 troops at LNA base

By RAMI MUSA - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2018 file photo, shows fighters under the UN-backed government on the front lines during clashes in southern Tripoli. Libya is on the verge of an all-out war involving a rogues’ gallery of militias, many of which are little more than criminal gangs armed with heavy weapons. The self-styled Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, launched a surprise offensive to retake Tripoli on April 5, 2019 from the transitional government supported by U.N. and Western nations led by Fayez Sarraj. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa, File)

In Libya, a rogues’ gallery of militias prepare for war

By RAMI MUSA and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN says 120 killed since fighting broke out in Libya

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN appeals for urgent release of migrants trapped in Libya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press