Amid increasing foreign intervention in Libya, Iran stresses the need for respecting the North African state’s territorial integrity and right to self-determination.

Libya’s UN-backed government takes full control of the capital Tripoli and its suburbs from Haftar’s forces.

Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj is about to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, as the two allies seek to lock in recent gains against the North African country’s rebels.

Russia says Turkey is helping foreign militants cross into Libya, where rebel forces are attempting to unseat the internationally-recognized government.

The deal is to see the United Nations monitor the safe return of the displaced people.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of working to bring back the Ottoman Empire, carrying with him a neo-Ottoman vision particularly after the aggression on Syria and deployment of Turkish forces to Libya.

The fall from 1.2 million barrels a day to just over 320,000 has caused estimated losses of $256 million.