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Libya Ex-Militias Agree to Leave Capital After Clashes

Armed groups in Tripoli have agreed to leave the Libyan capital and to be replaced with regular forces, the interior minister said, after a spate of deadly clashes.

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Truce Holds in Libya After Clashes Kill 55

Tripoli's worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported, after a truce took hold in the capital and air traffic resumed.

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Promoting Lasting Stability in Libya

The US can and must do more to promote lasting stability in Libya and the increasingly important Eastern Mediterranean more broadly.

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Pro-Haftar Forces Say Will Maintain Libya Oil Blockade

"The closure of ports and oil fields will be maintained until the demands of the Libyan people are satisfied," said a statement published late Saturday on Facebook by pro-Haftar forces spokesman Ahmad al-Mismari.

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Egypt’s Sisi Says Turkey/Qatar-Backed Assault on Libya’s Sirte Is ‘Red Line’

Egypt’s president warned Saturday that advances by Turkey-backed Libyan forces on the Libyan city of Sirte could prompt an Egyptian military intervention in the neighboring country in support of Cairo’s ally Khalifa Haftar.  Meanwhile, Ankara has urged forces led by the eastern-based Haftar to withdraw from the strategic city for a ceasefire agreement to be reached. The UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli has made major military gains against Haftar’s forces recently thanks to increased support from its backer Turkey. The key city of Sirte, which lies some 280 miles east of the capital, is under the control of Haftar’s forces, who last year launched a recently aborted attempt to seize control of western Libya. In a televised address, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Sirte is a “red line” for Egypt, citing the need to protect its porous border as grounds for “direct intervention” in Libya. “If the Libyan people asked us to intervene, it is a signal to the world that Egypt and Libya share … common interests, security and stability,” Sisi said on Saturday. The GNA denounced Sisi’s warning, saying any intervention would be a threat to Libya’s security. “We strongly reject what was said …

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Haftar tells Macron he will abide by Libya ceasefire

Libyan general Khalifa Haftar told French President Emmanuel Macron his forces would abide by a ceasefire if government forces do the same

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EU agrees naval mission to enforce Libya arms embargo

European Union foreign ministers on agreed to a naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on war-torn Libya, replacing Operation Sophia

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Libya’s warring parties in UN-sponsored joint military commission talks

Representatives of the warring parties in Libya were meeting in Geneva in a UN-sponsored joint military commission

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Libya suspends operations at recently reopened Tripoli airport after rocket fire

Rocket fire forced the suspension of all flights into and out of Tripoli's sole functioning airport, Libya's embattled government said

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Haftar leaves Russia without signing Libya peace deal

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar left Moscow without signing a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending nine months of fighting, leaving the future of a fragile truce uncertain

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