⁍ The agreement was reached after the internationally recognised Government of National Accord beat back Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Libyan National Army.

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⁍ Turkey, the main backer of the GNA, immediately voiced scepticism that the ceasefire would hold.

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⁍ Libya has enjoyed no political stability since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against Muammar Gaddafi and has been split since 2014 between east and west.

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– Two rival factions in Libya signed a ceasefire agreement Friday, marking the first time in more than a year that the country’s main cities, Tripoli and Benghazi, have seen commercial flights since the 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Reuters reports that the agreement signed by the Libyan National Army, an eastern-based group, and the internationally recognized Libyan Government of National Accord calls for an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of forces from front lines, and the creation of a new joint police force. The agreement was reached after the LNA defeated the Gadhafi-backed Libyan National Army from its 14-month assault on Tripoli. “We all want to end the war and destruction. But personally I don’t trust those in power,” one Tripoli resident says. “If there is no force or mechanism to apply this on the ground … this deal will only be ink on paper.” The agreement was reached after the LNA defeated the Gadhafi-backed Libyan National Army from its 14-month assault on Tripoli. Since then, frontlines have stabilized near the central coastal city of Sirte, and the LNA ended its eight-month blockade of Libyan oil output that was strangling state finances on both sides. However, Turkey, the main backer of the GNA, immediately voiced skepticism that the ceasefire would hold, with President Tayyip Erdogan saying “it does not seem too achievable.”