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UN-sanctioned migrant smuggler killed in western Libya
Ahmed Oumar al-Dabbashi, sanctioned since 2018 for migrant trafficking, was killed in a raid responding to an attack that wounded six security personnel, his brother was arrested.
- Un-Sanctioned migrant smuggler Ahmed Oumar al-Fitouri al-Dabbashi, nicknamed Ammu, was killed in a security raid in the western Libyan city of Sabratha.
- Al-Dabbashi led a powerful militia that controlled migrant smuggling routes to Europe from Libya.
- Libya has been a major transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
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Ahmed Omar al-Dabasi fell into a security operation in Sabratha following an attack on Libyan forces that left six wounded. His death and his brother’s arrest represent a key blow to networks that control irregular migration routes from North Africa
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Al-Dabashi was also under sanctions by the United States Treasury Department for human trafficking, and he was the leader of the militant group "Martyrs' Brigade of Anas al-Dabashi" in Libya's largest transit point for African migrants heading to Europe.
·Podgorica, Montenegro
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The leader of the Libyan militant group "Martyrs' Brigade of Anas al-Dabashi" Ahmed Umar al-Fituri al-Dabashi, who was under United Nations (UN) sanctions for trafficking
·Novi Beograd, Serbia
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
Bias Distribution
- 64% of the sources lean Left
64% Left
L 64%
C 27%
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