Libya's rival administrations in the east and west have reached a tentative agreement to elect the North African nation's next president next January, Libyan media reported Tuesday

The Joint Military Committee's efforts to unite the Libyan army are hopeless, such attempt will not succeed, a member of the security committee of the country's eastern-based parliament, Ali Al-Tikbali told Sputnik

Tripoli hosted Libya's rival military leaders this week for UN-led talks on a new timeline for general elections which the UN mission called the "first inclusive meeting inside Libya in a decade"