French President Francois Hollande on Monday urged more support for the “moderate” Syrian opposition groups seeking to oust the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad and he excluded any alliance with the Syrian leader to fight against ISIL and other extremists in that country. Speaking on “France Inter” radio, Hollande again …

The Arab League will hold Monday an urgent meeting on the security situation in Libya, said the Arab League’s Deputy Secretary General Ahmed Ben Helli. The meeting, which will bring together the permanent representatives, will be devoted to the examination of the serious developments in the situation in Libya and …

The United Nations postponed peace talks between Libya’s warring factions which had been scheduled for Monday without announcing a new date. The talks had originally been slated for 9 December but have been repeatedly delayed as fighting has intensified between the beleaguered internationally recognised government and Islamist-backed militias.