Intel: UN to send cease-fire observers to Libya
Libya's interim government welcomed the step and echoed calls for foreign forces to leave.
Libya’s unity government lauded a decision by the UN Security Council to send international observers to the war-torn country to monitor a nationwide cease-fire, now in its sixth month.
The UN Security Council on Friday passed a unanimous resolution approving a proposal to send cease-fire monitors to Libya and calling once again for foreign forces and mercenaries to leave the country.
The observers will work independently of the 5+5 joint military commission established between Libya’s opposing sides last year under the internationally backed peace initiative.
Why it matters: The arrival of new observers may help bring exposure to the continued presence of foreign fighters in Libya, but Friday’s resolution does not give the Security Council teeth to enforce their departure.
