European Union envoy, Bernardino Leon speaks during a news conference in Tripoli May 25, 2014. REUTERS/Hani Amara
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - - The new U.N. special envoy to Libya plans to visit Tripoli as early as next week to seek a ceasefire between armed factions whose clashes have turned parts of the capital into a battlefield, his office said.
Bernardino Leon aims to end fighting between brigades from Misrata and fighters allied to the western town of Zintan, whose rivalries erupted a month ago into the worst clashes since the 2011 uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.
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