Libyan factions sign countrywide UN-brokered cease-fire

The Libyan Parliament welcomed the permanent cease-fire agreement in the country that officials from the conflicting parties reached during talks in Geneva on Friday. Ibrahim Al-Zgad, a member of the Libyan House of Representatives, said that he strongly supported this agreement.

Al-Zgad confirmed that representatives of the LAAF and representatives of the UN-backed Government of National Accord Forces (5+5) have handed the agreement to Stephanie Williams, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, to present it to the Security Council.

The breakthrough, which among other things orders foreign mercenaries out of the country, sets the stage for political talks in November to find a lasting solution to the chaos unleashed after a 2011 NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.