Instead, Libya's conflict rumbled on, frontlines shifted, governments changed and financial crises came and went. "Power cuts for long periods make the situation, the bad smell, worse," said Salah Ahmed of the police unit handling the compound. The police unit running the compound says the interim government has assigned a budget to bury the bodies soon. Hundreds of foreign supporters of the group slipped into Libya hoping to join local fighters who had rallied to its cause. The image of ISIS' black flag flying over a major Libyan city was for many a symbol of the country's collapse.

Source: Libya Today January 13, 2022 22:18 UTC