My experience from a couple of months ago was that the visa was not terribly easy to get, and was only finalised at the 11th hour and that I was limited to Tripoli/Leptis Magna only. Sabrathra was considered far too risky to visit. The land borders were closed I was told, to foreigners on business visas (the only visa available for now I believe, which was EURO 600 per person). The security situation even in Tripoli was very 'hairy', and not at all a feeling of security. I can only imagine that things are significantly worse further East and South - a real pity. I heard back just a few days ago that business visas are suspended for foreigners, at least via the agency I used, because of heightened government paranoia following a shooting at the airport in Tripoli.
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