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Libya
Al-Thani back at centre of Libyan negotiations

Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. © Omer Messinger/EPA/MaxPPP

At the urging of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the emir of Qatar is once again trying to facilitate reconciliation in Libya. He has proposed a power-sharing arrangement between Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and the speaker of the eastern parliament Aguila Salah Issa, but the latter has yet to be convinced... [...]

Published on 16/09/2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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