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On January 7, 2016, a truck bomb killed more than 60 police officers at a training camp in Zliten during the Second Civil War.

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Zliten

Libya

Country
Libya
Population
165.0K
Coordinates
32.47, 14.57
879th most populous city in the world

Zliten It is a city in the Murqub District of Libya, with a predominantly Arab population of around 203,790 as of 2025. The city lies approximately 175 km east of Tripoli.

From the “Zliten during the Second Libyan Civil War (2014-2020)” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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