New hope amid Libya's ruins as unity government approved
3 Min Read SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - In the ruined streets of Sirte, Libyans living among the debris of past battles voiced new hope for their shattered country on Wednesday after a parliament meeting a few miles away approved its first unity government for years. The move advances a U.N.-backed peace plan to unify Libya’s warring sides behind an interim government and conduct a national election at the end of the year. Both the rival eastern and western factions that Abdulhamid Dbeibeh’s new government is intended to replace have said they are ready to hand over their powers. Meanwhile, s...
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