While the truce could put the Libyan National Army’s push to seize the capital on hold, it raises the risk that oil exports will be used as a negotiating tool…. The long civil war in Libya has continued in fits and starts for the better part of a decade, with an April 2019 push by the self-declared Libyan National Army to try to capture Tripoli sidelining attempts to forge a unity government through political negotiation. Now another lull in the fight will begin to take hold, and Libya’s numerous factions, two rival governments and a bevy of outside interests will once again look to stitch the divided country back together. What Happened Despite scattered reports of violations, a cease-fire in Tripoli brokered by Turkey and Russia between the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA) that took effect Jan. 12 appears to be holding. […]