Libya Conflict

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UN chief to foreign forces: 'Leave the Libyans alone'

Libya has been divided since 2014 between the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in the capital Tripoli, in the country’s west, and Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Libyan...

A worker walks inside the embassy of Libya's eastern-based government led by military commander Khalifa Haftar, that opened in Damascus, Syria March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar
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Libya's eastern government opens Damascus embassy, pledges united fight against Turkey

FILE PHOTO: The sign of Matiga International Airport is seen after its reopening in Tripoli, Libya December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
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Shelling stops flights at Tripoli's Mitiga airport - statement

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of the UN-backed Libyan government, Fayez al-Sarraj, leaves after talks with Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the Auberge de Castille in Valletta, Malta May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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Libyan premier denounces Haftar as 'war criminal' at UN

FILE PHOTO: UN Envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salame holds a news briefing after a meeting of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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UN tries to salvage Libya talks after government announces pullout

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting with head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriyev at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia January 17, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Putin: Don't lose hope that Libya conflict will be solved

FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks after a meeting of the Russian-French Security Cooperation Council in Moscow, Russia, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
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France urges all sides to back Libya ceasefire ahead of Berlin conference

Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar arrives for a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (not pictured) as part of a NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium October 25, 2019. Virginia Mayo/Pool via REUTERS
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Too early to say Libya ceasefire has collapsed - Turkish defence minister

FILE PHOTO: Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, arrives to attend an international conference on Libya at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
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Both sides accuse each other of violating ceasefire in Libya

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government in Moscow, Russia December 11, 2019. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Russia's Putin seeks end to Libya conflict and talks between two sides