Libyan Factions Begin New Round of #UN-Brokered Peace Talks in #Morocco
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Fighters from the #Fajr_Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed militias, take position in Bir al-Ghanam, around 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the capital, on March 5, 2015. AFP/Mahmoud Turkia.
Representatives of #Libya's two rival parliaments on Thursday held UN-brokered talks in Morocco aimed at reaching an agreement on a national unity government and finding someone to head it, officials said. The meeting took place in a “positive and constructive” spirit, UN special envoy Bernardino Leon, who has been trying to bring the two sides together for weeks and who chaired the talks, told a press conference. In the previous rounds of UN-brokered peace talks, Leon was not successful in holding direct face to face negotiation between the main warring (...)