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NEWS
TICKER
Russian planes
bomb Syrian
rebel holdout

Russia began bombing
Syria’s last rebel-held
province, Idlib, on
Sept. 4, amid prepara-
tions by its Syrian army
allies to take back the
enclave. President
Trump warned the day
before that a full-scale
attack could result in
a humanitarian crisis
for the 2.9 million
people living there; the
Kremlin said Idlib was
a “cradle of terrorism.”

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Violence flares in a fractured Libya, Kerry Perry is out after
where chaos still reigns only nine months,
as the organization
continues to struggle
FAMILIES ARE “LIVING IN FEAR” AFTER A DRIVING MIGRATION Under Gaddafi’s re- since hundreds of
week of fighting and indiscriminate shelling gime, oil-rich Libya enjoyed one of the high- women accused sports
in Tripoli, the U.N.’s humanitarian coordi- est standards of living in Africa. But seven doctor Larry Nassar
of sexual abuse. The
nator in Libya said Sept. 2. At least 61 died, years of fighting and instability have de- organization has been
159 were wounded, and some 400 inmates stroyed the economy, crippled infrastructure accused of protecting
escaped a prison as rival militias battled for and pushed hundreds of thousands of people him and of doing little
territory in Libya’s capital city. The violence out of their homes. The chaos has turned to change since he was
was a reminder that the chaos unleashed by Libya into a way station for displaced people sentenced in January
the removal of dictator Muammar Gaddafi from across the continent. The U.N.’s refugee to up to 175 years
in prison.
in 2011 is far from contained. agency says 8,000 migrants trying to cross
the Mediterranean are kept in “critical” con-
COMBUSTIBLE MIX Since 2014, Libya has ditions in crumbling detention centers.
been divided in two. A U.N.-backed unity Japan hit
government has kept a fragile hold over Trip- FRAGILE DEAL European leaders want sta- hard by
oli and much of the west of the country, while bility restored in Libya to prevent flows mega-typhoon
a rival government claims the east, including of migrants from reaching their shores. In Typhoon Jebi, the
the city of Benghazi. But hundreds of armed May, France’s President Emmanuel Macron strongest storm to
groups that rose up against the government helped broker a deal among several large hit Japan in 25 years,
during the Arab Spring continue to clash factions to hold “credible, peaceful” elec- made landfall on
Sept. 4. At least 11
regularly over territory. The fighting in late tions in December. But many say the time- people were killed, and
August and early September was between at line is too ambitious; there is still no consti- hundreds more were
least two of these competing militias. Add- tution to govern the electoral process, and injured; the last time a
ing to the turmoil, militants from the Islamic some militias oppose it. As the international storm of Jebi’s strength
State continue to carry out attacks even after community seeks a solution, the bloodshed hit the country, 48
losing their stronghold in the northern city of early September is unlikely to be the last people were left dead
or missing.
of Sirte in 2016. episode of violence.—CIARA NUGENT
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