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4:07 CAT | 29 Nov 2017
Reuters
One of ancient Rome’s great Mediterranean cities is almost entirely cut off from the outside world.
That’s because they are in conflict-ridden Libya. Foreign tourists came frequently before the 2011 uprising that ended Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, but visitors stopped coming in 2013 when the security situation declined rapidly.
The limestone and marble ruins of Leptis Magna are on Libya’s coast.
Most visitors are local, with only the occasional handful of foreigners, reports Reuters’ Aidan Lewis.
Several dozen unpaid guards volunteer to monitor the site. One, 60-year-old Ali Hrebish, told him he watched over the site “for God and country”.
“There’s something that remains of the tourist police, but they can’t protect it,” he said
Source: BBC
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