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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2020 file photo, the head of the Government of National Accords (GNA) military delegation Ahmed Ali Abushahma attends talks between the rival factions in the Libya conflict, in Geneva, Switzerland. The UN says military leaders from Libya’s warring sides began meeting Monday, Nov. 2, 2020 in the Libyan oasis town of Ghadames, less than two weeks after the two sides inked a permanent cease-fire in Geneva. The fifth round of talks are first face-to-face military meetings inside Libya since last year's attack on the capital by the forces of military commander Khalifa Hifter. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via AP, File)

Libya’s warring sides meet, discuss implementing cease-fire

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 file photo, Libyan soldiers aim their weapons during clashes with militants on the frontline in Al Ajaylat, 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Tripoli, Libya. The United Nations said Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, that the two sides in Libyan military talks had reached a &quot;historic achievement&quot; with a permanent cease-fire agreement across the war-torn North African country. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa, File)

UN urges Libyan rivals to implement cease-fire, pursue peace

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Illustration on hope for Libyan oil by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Optimism is in short supply in Middle East, but a glimmer of light has emerged in Libya

By Adam Ereli

UN: 11 migrants drown off Libya; third shipwreck in week

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UN says shipwreck off Libya left 15 migrants dead

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Stephanie Williams, acting special representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, speaks about the fourth round of the 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 21, 2020. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

UN envoy hails early agreements in Libya talks

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Libya says human trafficker sanctioned by UN arrested

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Indian workers in Libya released after monthlong abduction

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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. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Libya to resume oil production at largest field amid talks

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Aid group says Libyan militia is holding hostage 60 migrants

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE -In this Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019 file photo the sun pierces the clouds over international waters north of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea. Over a dozen migrants trying to reach Europe drowned in the Mediterranean Sea when their small dinghy capsized off the coast of Libya, the United Nations reported Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, the latest shipwreck to underscore the deadly risks facing those who flee the war-afflicted North African country. (AP Photo/Renata Brito, File)

Officials: Nigerian migrant burned alive in Libya’s Tripoli

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Key players to meet virtually to push for Libya cease-fire

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Turkey: UN registers maritime deal reached with Tripoli

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UN authorizes inspection of vessels for migrants from Libya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2020 file photo, migrants of different nationalities rest on board the Spanish NGO Open Arms vessel, after being rescued as they were trying to flee Libya on board a precarious wooden boat, in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Amnesty International said Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, that thousands of Europe-bound migrants who were intercepted and returned to Libyan shores this year were forcefully disappeared after they were taken of detention centers run by militias allied with the U.N.-supported government in the capital, Tripoli. The report also said that rival authorities in eastern Libya forcibly expelled serval thousands “without due process or the opportunity to challenge their deportation.” (AP Photo/Santi Palacios, File)

Amnesty: Migrants face ‘vicious cycle of cruelty’ in Libya

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, second right, speaks with Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, left, during a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. European Union foreign ministers on Monday were weighing whether to impose sanctions on dozens of Belarus officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko, after holding talks with the country's exiled opposition leader. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

EU sanctions Turkish firm over Libya arms embargo violations

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2019 file photo, Tripoli government forces clash with forces led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, south of the capital Tripoli, Libya. Turkey is secretly expanding its footprint in conflict-ridden Libya, fueling the country’s civil war and deepening fault lines with Mediterranean neighbors and between international allies. Turkey seems to be after lucrative construction and port contracts, according to Libyan officials. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)

UN demands all countries enforce UN arms embargo on Libya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Migrants from different nationalities, mainly from Somalia, Egypt and Morocco, but also from Libya, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coat, Bangladesh, Senegal, Syria, Palestine, Benin and Tunisia, including 14 minors and 4 women, rest on board the Spanish NGO Open Arms vessel on Wednesday 9, 2020, after being rescued last Tuesday night as they were trying to flee Libya on board a precarious wooden boat, in international waters, in the Central Mediterranean sea. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

U.N.: Boat capsizes near Libya; 24 migrants presumed dead

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Protesters angry over the area’s crippling electricity shortages, set fire to tires on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 in Benghazi, Libya. Libya’s east-based parliament has convened an emergency meeting to address the eruption of rare protests over dire living conditions across the country’s east. Friday's session of the House of Representatives comes after hundreds of young Libyans flooded the streets of Benghazi and other eastern cities. (Hakeam el-Yamany via AP)

Officials say east Libya government resigns amid protests

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

US says Libyan commander agrees to lift oil blockade

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press