But a United Nations-brokered 2015 peace accord created a unity government in name more than in reality, and today Libya is effectively partitioned. If the parties reach a broad agreement, a national conference would be convened to select candidates for reconfigured executive bodies. The deal was intended to merge two rival administrations -- one based in the capital Tripoli, the other to the east in Tobruk -- and rebuild state institutions. The eastern leadership, including influential military commander Khalifa Haftar, who now controls some of Libya’s biggest oil facilities, has refused to endorse it. The militant group has since made inroads elsewhere in Libya, presenting a major security risk for the country and its neighbors.

Source: Libya Today October 31, 2017 11:15 UTC