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Libya armed groups step back after escalation

By AFP
March 12, 2022

TRIPOLI: Libya’s parliament-appointed prime minister said on Friday that armed groups backing him had withdrawn from positions around Tripoli, after the UN warned of a new escalation in the divided country. Libya has had rival administrations since the eastern-based assembly swore in a prime minister earlier this month in a challenge to interim premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah.