Libya's Haftar refuses to sign ceasefire

Libya's General Haftar refuses to sign a Russian-brokered ceasefire. The leader of the Tripoli-based government Fayed al-Sarraj signed but the warlord Khalifa Hafter of the Libyan National Army walked away once again. How much of a setback is this for Libya? We ask Emadeddin Badi, a Libyan political analyst based at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

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(Photo: Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu (R) meets with Khalifa Haftar eastern Libya-based military commander at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House in Moscow, Russia on January 13, 2020. Credit: Russian Foreign Ministry / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)