The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 26, 2020 Libyan Government Signs "Permanent Ceasefire" with Khalifa Haftar's Forces -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Libya's U.N.-backed government has signed a permanent ceasefire agreement with a rebel movement led by renegade former Libyan General Khalifa Haftar. If the truce holds, it will pave the way for ending a civil war that's split Libya between east and west since 2014. .