The battle for the central coastal city could determine control over a major source of Libya's income – oil fields that tribes allied with warlord Khalifa Haftar shut down earlier this year.
Libya, a country that was listed in Donald Trump's ‘Muslim ban,' has its own immigration ban on six Muslim-majority nations. General Khalifa Haftar, the most powerful figure in Libya today, is the man behind this controversial order.
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