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World leaders agree to halt military support for Libya's warring groups

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Participants of the International conference on Libya pose for a group photo. Source: AAP

International leaders say they will no longer provide military support to Libya's warring parties while a ceasefire remains in place.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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International leaders say they will no longer provide military support to Libya's warring parties while a ceasefire remains in place.


Foreign powers have agreed to strengthen an arms embargo on Libya and shore up a shaky ceasefire at a meeting in Berlin, but the meeting was overshadowed by blockades on major oilfields by forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar.

Haftar, whose self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) is bearing down on the capital Tripoli with the backing of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Russian mercenaries and African troops, attended the one-day summit in Germany despite having abandoned talks over a truce last week.

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