LIBYA CEASEFIRE SHOULD BE WELCOMED - CAUTIOUSLY: On Friday, the two rival administrations in Libya - the Government of National Accord in Tripoli and the eastern-based parliament - separately announced a truce and called for a demilitarised zone in the strategic city of Sirte, where both sides are currently head-to-head. The UN, the GCC, and the Western powers have welcomed this development, which couldn’t have come sooner for war-weary Libyans. But too many truce announcements in the past have come to naught. The real, tangible measure of this latest ceasefire will be how quickly progress is made on de-militarisation of Sirte, where both sides are currently in a military stalemate. [COMMENT BY: Omar Shariff, International Editor]
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