Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Paive nemishumo yekuti Leptis Magna yakashandiswa sekuvharidzira matangi nemotokari dzehondo nemauto aitsigira Gaddafi panguva yeHondo Yenyika Yekutanga yeLibya muna 2011. Apo yakabvunzwa pamusoro pemukana wokutungamirira kurwisa kwemhepo panzvimbo yenhau, NATO yakaramba kubvisa mukana wechiito chakadaro ichiti yakanga isingakwanisi kusimbisa mushumo wevapanduki kuti zvombo zvakanga zvakavanzwa panzvimbo yacho. Nokukurumidza pashure pehondo, nyanzvi yezvinocherwa mumatongo yeLibya Hafed Walda yakashuma kuti Leptis Magna, pamwe chete neRasaimergib Fort iri pedyo neTripoli yokumadokero yeSabratha, yakanga "kusvikira zvino isina kurasikirwa kunooneka" kubva mukurwisana pasi kana kuti kubhomba kwakaitwa nemauto enyika dzakawanda
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