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Libya rivals strike tentative pact on prisoner swap, UN says

The two warring sides met in Egypt for the latest round of talks aimed at ending the long-running civil war.
TOPSHOT - A picture taken on April 11, 2019, shows fighters loyal to military commander Khalifa Haftar imprisoned by forces from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli's suburb of Ain Zara on April 11, 2019. - Heavy clashes were heard Wednesday in the Ain Zara district on the southeastern outskirts of Tripoli as military strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces pressed an assault aimed at taking the capital from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). (Photo by Imed LAMLOUM / AFP)

Negotiations between Libya’s warring factions have ended with a recommendation to release military prisoners by the end of October and resume high-level talks next week. 

Delegations representing the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and Khalifa Hifter’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) convened in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Hurghada for two days of talks aimed at bringing an end to the oil-rich country’s six-year-long civil war.

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