
The head of Libya’s unity government said Wednesday he would soon hold talks with a rival field marshal to try to halt his country’s descent into chaos, Italian media reported. Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, said he would meet in Cairo with Khalifa Haftar, whose ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will officials from Syria’s political opposition Friday, Moscow said, but it appeared representatives from armed opposition groups were not invited. The meeting in Moscow comes after two days of Russian-brokered talks between the Syrian government and armed opposition representatives in Kazakhstan. “We have invited on ...