October 23, 2020
Under UN mediation in Geneva, GNA and LNA representatives signed a permanent ceasefire agreement that halted active large-scale fighting. Oil facilities that had been blockaded for months reopened, providing economic relief. A UN-backed Government of National Unity was formed in 2021 under Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. But the fundamental divisions remained untouched: foreign forces from Turkey, Russia, UAE, and Sudan stayed on Libyan soil, elections scheduled for December 2021 collapsed, and the country remained split between an internationally recognized government in Tripoli and Haftar's parallel administration in the east.
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