Parallel meetings in Bouznika, Morocco and Geneva suggest progress can be made in breaching the Libyan divide, but the devil will remain in the details
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Amid popular protests in the capital and elsewhere, divisions have emerged in Libya’s internationally recognised government, though Fayez Al-Sarraj is moving to take control
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With US diplomatic efforts on a Libya ceasefire intensifying, the questions loom of who would sign and would it hold
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Cairo hosted the speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives and the US ambassador in Libya this week amid intensive efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the Libyan crisis
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The breakdown in negotiations around resuming Libyan oil production bodes ominously for forestalling further military escalation in the Libyan Civil War
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Prospects of a political breakthrough in Libya appear as murky as ever
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Control over Libyan oil production, shut down 162 days ago, is a key question amid efforts to ground a comprehensive political, economic and security solution to the Libyan conflict
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After Egypt set red lines on Turkish intervention in Libya, the US is attempting to mediate between Libyan adversaries, to restart negotiations and avoid a wider war
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While Turkey continues in its attempt to establish military bases in Libya, the question of Russian involvement also looms, complicating prospects of a political settlement to the civil war
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Embraced by the East, the declaration issued Saturday in Cairo on a political solution to the Libyan crisis has so far received no official response in Tripoli, writes Kamel Abdallah
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While Haftar is on the defensive near Tripoli, heralding a possible shift in ultimate outcomes, fractious relations seem to characterise all political forces in Libya
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The meddling of outside powers continues to set Libya on the path of military escalation and polarisation, frustrating UN efforts at peace-making, writes Kamel Abdallah
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The self-declared mandate announced by Khalifa Haftar in a televised address last week may indicate growing tensions among his allies amid his failure to gain decisive advantage on the ground
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The militia forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord are pushing back the Libyan National Army, changing the chess board in Libya
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Warring parties in Libya are no closer to rapprochement or unilateral victory than they ever were,
writes Kamel Abdallah
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France is stepping up efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis, perhaps to take advantage of gaps that have opened up between the main warring players and some of their backers, writes Kamel Abdallah
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Citing stress and its health risks, the chief UN envoy to Libya has resigned while progress on a political and security resolution to the Libyan civil war grinds to a halt
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Western powers remain conflicted and contradictory on Libya, stalling whatever progress was made in January in Berlin
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The first meeting of a commission including representatives of the Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army took place this week, paving the way to the convening of the Libyan Political Forum
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While the Libya Berlin Summit saw a limited consensus emerge, developments on the ground have put in question whether even this basis has any prospects of being realised
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