Iran welcomes election of a new Libya interim government, hoping it will create conditions for national elections later this year in the conflict-ridden country.

The UN says the political talks it arranged between Libya's warring sides have makes progress toward agreeing a new transitional government to oversee the run-up to elections in December.

Libya’s strongman Khalifa Haftar has threatened to target Turkish forces on the North African country’s soil.

A political commentator says the United States exerts heavy influence during the Libya talks.

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj will announce his resignation soon, a report says, amid ongoing negotiations with a rival power camp about the political future of the country.

The UAE and Israel, having had clandestine dealings with one another for many years, have decided to make their relationship public under the guise of “normalization” of ties.

Turkey and the UAE engage in a new war of words over Libya, where the two states support opposing sides in the African country’s long-running conflict, with Abu Dhabi calling on Ankara to stop interfering in the Arab world’s affairs.