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Spotlight | Libya
Why Leon sees Misrata as the key to Libyan crisis

Disappointed over Tobruk's refusal to agree to his peace plan (MC 1159), the UN special envoy Bernardino Leon has entirely reversed course. He is now putting all his chips on the powerful city-state of Misrata and indeed making big concessions [...]

Published on 25/06/2015 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | Libya
Why Leon sees Misrata as the key to Libyan crisis

Libya
The Misratis break ranks

Spotlight | Libya
General Haftar's objectives in Benghazi

Spotlight | Libya
The post-León era has already begun

Libya
Western hard-liners want elections

Libya
Hard part of peace deal about to come

Spotlight | Libya
Essebsi and Al Sisi switch strategy behind their walls

Libya
Haftar doing the rounds in Belgrade and Cairo

Libya
Sanctions to take hold on July 15?

Document | Libya
Tobruk seeks to recover "its" corporate jet in Malta

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Forces gather to reject Leon peace plan

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Jibril secures backing of European liberals

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Abou Dawia, an outsider in race for top government post

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Salah Badi puts pressure on West

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Bernardino Leon’s ideal government

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Haftar torpedoes Leon's peace plan

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Misrata's U-turn fuels UN envoy Leon's hopes

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City-state inches towards talks

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British military tip-toes into Libya

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Haftar's hawk-like ways upset West