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by marsa 1004 days ago
according to Derna's deputy mayor quoted in [1] "the dams have not been maintained since 2002", so it seems unlikely that NATO intervention is to blame (though that was my kneejerk assumption too). the situation in Libya post NATO intervention certainly contributed to the negligence, but it has been going on for years at that point.

[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/12/infrastructure-in-l...