Italy's Renzi shuns action in Syria, looks instead at Libya

ROME (Reuters) - With foreign powers firmly focussed on battling Islamic State forces in Syria and Iraq, Italy is trying to drag international attention back to Libya to secure a deal there aimed at ending four years of violence and chaos.

At odds with its major Western allies over the need for military intervention in Syria, Rome has called for a new strategy to deal with Islamist extremism and will co-host an international conference on Sunday to discuss the Libyan crisis.