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Lloyds of London pays out €56m at last for six police choppers destroyed in 2014 clashes

Damaged helicopters at Tripol International Airport in Libya, on July 16, 2014. © Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via AFP

Eight years after fighting ravaged Tripoli's international airport, the insurance syndicate has bowed to pressure from the Libyan agency in charge of recovering assets abroad, LARMO, with the support of the UK-based Libya Consultancy. [...]

Published on 25/05/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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