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Egypt–Libya relations

After the neighboring countries of Egypt and Libya both gained independence in the early 1950s, Egypt–Libya relations were initially cooperative. Libya assisted Egypt in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. Later, tensions arose due to Egypt's rapprochement with the west. Following the 1977 Egyptian–Libyan War, relations were suspended for twelve years. However, since 1989 relations have steadily improved. With the progressive lifting of UN and US sanctions on Libya from 2003 to 2008, the two countries have been working together to jointly develop their oil and natural gas industries. The assassination of Muammar Gaddafi had caused and transformed Libya into a primary hub for transnational extremist militant terrorist networks, though the operational capacity of the Islamic State (IS) inside the country has changed significantly over time, since the establishment of Wilayah Libya (ISIS-Libya) in late 2014 until their urban defeat which includes the city of Sirte between 2016 and 2019, the surviving ISIS remnants retreated south into the vast, under-governed valleys of the Fezzan region. Today, Libya was home to many foreign terrorist fighters to plot future terrorist attacks around the world including both Europe and the Mediterranean after it created a massive security vacuum for terrorists in 2011.

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• ▸Cantonese
• ▸Great Lakes Waterway
• ▸Drug prohibition

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