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The Department suspended U.S. Embassy operations in Tripoli on July 26, 2014 because of ongoing violence between Libyan militias in the immediate vicinity. The embassy temporarily relocated to Tunisia in March 2015 where it operates as the “Libya External Office in Tunis under the authority of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, facilitating engagement with Libyans and U.S. foreign assistance.
