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Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter joins a meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and other officials in Athens, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. The commander of anti-government forces in war-torn Libya has begun meetings in Athens in a bid to counter Turkey's support for his opponents. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Libya’s Hifter declares UN unity deal ‘thing of the past’

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Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter joins a meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Athens, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. The commander of anti-government forces in war-torn Libya has begun meetings in Athens in a bid to counter Turkey's support for his opponents. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Germany’s Merkel meets Libyan military commander Hifter

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, Abdul Hadi Al-Hweij, the Foreign Minister for the east-based Libyan authorities led by General Khalifa Hifter speaks interview with the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

East Libya FM demands ‘fair distribution’ to end oil closure

By FRANCESCA ABEL - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2019, file photo, Libyans hold a demonstration against military operations by forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya. Two Libyan militia commanders and a Syrian war monitor group say Turkey is deploying Syrian extremists to fight in Libya's civil war. These extremists are affiliated with groups like al Qaeda and the Islamic State. They're fighting as mercenaries on behalf of the United Nations-supported government in Libya. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)

Judge seeks more info before ruling against Libyan commander

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter arrives at the Foreign Ministry to meet the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Athens, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. The commander of anti-government forces in war-torn Libya has begun meetings in Athens in a bid to counter Turkey's support for his opponents. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

UN-backed government in Libya suspends talks after attack

By JAMEY KEATEN and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2019, file photo, Libyans hold a demonstration against military operations by forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya. Two Libyan militia commanders and a Syrian war monitor group say Turkey is deploying Syrian extremists to fight in Libya's civil war. These extremists are affiliated with groups like al Qaeda and the Islamic State. They're fighting as mercenaries on behalf of the United Nations-supported government in Libya. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)

Turkey deploys extremists to Libya, local militias say

By Sam Magdy - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 3, 2019 file photo, debris covers the ground and an emergency vehicle after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli in Libya. The United Nations revealed on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 new details about an airstrike that smashed into a migrant detention center in Libya, killing at least 50 people. The July attack, which ranked among the deadliest assaults on civilians since the start of Libya’s civil war, sparked international condemnation and accusations of war crimes. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)

UN envoy hopes Libya talks will stem influx of foreign arms

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2011 file photo, a Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega, eastern Libya. ON Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, the National Oil Corporation in Libya says that a decision by east-based forces to choke off oil exports from its territory has threatened to throttle much of the country’s oil production. Powerful tribal groups loyal to Gen. Khalifa Hifter, whose forces control much of eastern Libya, seized several large export terminals along the eastern coast as well as southern oil fields in a challenge to the rival U.N.-backed government based in Tripoli, which collects revenues from oil production. The move has ratcheted up tensions ahead of an international peace summit to end the civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Libya says oil shutdown caused over $255 million in losses

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, second left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and Antonio Guterres, second right, Secretary-General of the United Nations, attend a conference on Libya at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. (Kay Nietfeld/DPA via AP, Pool)

Libya’s neighbors, global envoys seek solutions to conflict

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

US calls for ‘immediate’ resumption of Libyan oil production

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference with Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media after Friday prayers, in Istanbul, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Erdogan expressed doubt that Khalifa Hifter, the head of the self-styled Libyan National Army, would abide by the cease-fire. &quot;This man is not a trust-worthy man,&quot; he told reporters in Istanbul, &quot; yesterday, they continued to bomb Tripoli.&quot; (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Erdogan demands stand against ‘blood and chaos’ in Libya

By ANDREW WILKS - Associated Press

Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter, center, shakes hands with the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, left, as they surrounded by security in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2019. Greece will block any European peace deal on Libya unless an agreement between the internationally-recognized government in Tripoli and Turkey on maritime borders is scrapped, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Thursday. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Libya’s rival military commander seeks support in Greece

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, left, and Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi deliver statements to the press, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, June 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Merkel upbeat over cease-fire pledge ahead of Libya meeting

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attend a joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Foreign and defense ministers of Russia and Turkey met as part of an effort by Moscow and Ankara to sponsor Monday's talks between rival parties in Libya in the Russian capital. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)

Russia downplays failed Libya talks before Berlin summit

By DARIA LITVINOVA and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

CORRECTS NAME OF LIBYA'S PRIME MINISTER TO FAYEZ SARRAJ -- FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Fayez Sarraj, the head of Libya's internationally-recognized government, prior to their meeting in Istanbul. The Russian Foreign Ministry says Libya's rival leaders will meet in Moscow for peace talks. The ministry said that Sarraj and his rival will meet Monday in the Russian capital. The talks follow a truce proposed by Russia and Turkey that began Sunday. It came as Libya's civil war was on the brink of a major escalation. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool, File)

A look at the major players in Libya’s shape-shifting war

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

Libya's Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) ** FILE **

U.N.-supported Libya government welcomes civil war truce calls

By Noha Elhennawy - Associated Press

UN envoy demands end to all foreign interference in Libya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 photo, the covered body of a person killed in an airstrike on a military academy lies on a gurney at a hospital in Tripoli, Libya. Health officials said the death toll from the airstrike climbed to at least 30 people, most of them students and over 30 others were wounded. The airstrike took place in the city's south late Saturday, an area which has seen heavy clashes in recent months. Forces based in eastern Libya and led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter have been fighting to seize the capital from the weak but U.N.-supported government. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Airstrike death toll in Libya’s besieged capital rises to 30

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to deliver a speech at an event in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. Turkey's government on Monday submitted a motion to parliament seeking approval to deploy troops to Libya, to help authorities in Tripoli defend the city from an offensive by rival forces, arguing that the conflict in the North African country could escalate into a civil war and threaten Turkey's interests. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkish lawmakers authorize sending troops to fight in Libya

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press