Spain hosts conference on deepening Libya crisis attended by officials from 16 nations
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Spain's foreign minister has warned an international conference focusing on Libya that the country could slide into a civil war situation similar to what is happening in Syria.
Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Wednesday there is still time to prevent extremists from controlling the country.
He is among those at a Madrid conference on the political crisis in Libya attended by officials from 16 nations, the United Nations and the Arab League.
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U.N. special representative for Libya Bernadino Leon stressed the country needs an immediate cease-fire.
Libya has rival governments. One is recently elected and based in Tobruk, where it moved after Islamist militias took control of Tripoli and Libya's second-largest city, Benghazi. The previous Islamist-led parliament remains in Tripoli and is backed by the militias.