Western officials fear that a dispute among rival Libyan factions over the election’s timing, legal basis, and rules threatens to unravel a cease-fire that ended a war last year
Vice President Kamala Harris and other world leaders are gathering in Paris on Friday to make a diplomatic push in support of coming elections in Libya that could make or break the peace process in a country that has been torn apart byMs.
Harris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and other European and Middle Eastern leaders are attending the gathering. France wants the election to be held as scheduled on Dec. 24 in hopes that it will provide a definitive solution to Libya’s political crises since
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