Peace deal reached without input of Tripoli leadership

Libyan political leaders reached a new version of a UN-brokered peace deal on Saturday, putting pressure on the Islamist-led Tripoli leadership to build a unity government in hopes of ending the country's chaos.

The Tripoli government took part in earlier stages of talks but refused to participate in the latest discussions in the Moroccan city of Skhirat. Members of Libya's internationally recognized parliament and local and regional leaders initialed the agreement, brokered by UN envoy Bernardino Leon.

In his address at the ceremony of initialing the Libyan Political Agreement in Skhirat, the UN envoy said the door remained open for the General National Congress, expressing his confidence that "the logic of peace will prevail in the GNC, as it has been the case until now".