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US weighing sanctions on Libyan factions to try to halt proxy war, officials say

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 7, 2014 03:46

WASHINGTON - The United States is considering imposing sanctions on Libya's combative factions to try to prevent a proxy conflict fueled by regional powers from erupting into full-blown civil war and force militant leaders to negotiate, US officials said.

Three years after Muammar Gaddafi's downfall, outside intervention has exacerbated the fighting, with Qatar and, to some degree, Turkey supporting Islamist-linked forces and Egypt and the United Arab Emirates backing more secular rivals.

US sanctions would be separate from potential United Nations sanctions that aim to pressure Libyan factions and militias to take part in UN-backed political negotiations to be led by UN envoy Bernardino Leon.

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