Roundup: Political rifts spawned by U.S.-led military intervention to aggravate sufferings of Libyan flood survivors: experts

TRIPOLI, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Libyan experts have blamed political rifts, which were spawned by U.S.-led military intervention that ousted late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, for aggravating the sufferings of residents in flood-hit areas.

"The political vacuum after the fall of Gaddafi is to blame for the fragile infrastructure in the country, which was not maintained or witnessed any new project as a result of the fighting between the Libyan parties," said Hassan Al-Musli, a Libyan political science professor from the University of Benghazi.