Derna

Derna is a port city in eastern Libya and administrative capital of Derna District in the Cyrenaica region, with a population of approximately 90,000 as of 2023. It was the seat of one of the wealthiest provinces among the Barbary States and the site of the 1805 Battle of Derna, the first victory achieved by the United States military on foreign soil, and it later functioned as the fourth most important port on Cyrenaica's northern coast after Benghazi, Bayda and Tobruk. The city fell under Islamic State control in 2014 before being recaptured in 2018, and in September 2023 it suffered catastrophic flooding when Storm Daniel caused two dams to collapse, killing thousands and destroying roughly a quarter of the city.