CAIRO - 10 January 2020: The United Nations Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) expected the deployment of a limited number of impartial, unarmed, non-uniformed, international monitors, to complement the Libyan monitors deployed by the 5+5 JMC. The UNSMIL and SWG confirmed their full support for the Joint Military Commission and full implementation of the ceasefire agreement. Oil-rich Libya has been mired in chaos since the ouster and killing of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. It now has two rival authorities and a multitude of militias vying for control of the country. The country’s internationally recognized government is based in Tripoli, while Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army, is supported by a parallel administration based in the east.

Source: Libya Today January 10, 2021 12:45 UTC