World powers meet in France on Friday to push for elections in Libya by year-end and endorse efforts to remove foreign forces from the oil-producing nation despite growing political wrangling that threatens to unravel a year-long peace process. A French presidential official told reporters at a briefing ahead of the meeting that while the elections were close at hand, the situation remained fragile. “They are obviously waiting to ambush and try to derail the electoral process,” the official said. The former Tripoli government had support from Turkish regular forces in Libya as advisers, and from allied Syrian fighters, the Turkish government has said. Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines.

Source: Libya Today November 12, 2021 04:00 UTC