With Libya on the brink of all-out war, rival factions are again trying <br />to find common ground in UN-backed negotiations.<br /><br /> Libya’s internationally-recognised government has had to operate from the east since the ‘Libya Dawn’ armed alliance took over the capital Tripoli and set up its own self-declared government last year.<br /><br /> Each power base is backed by heavily-armed warring rebels, who formerly fought together to oust Colonel Gaddafi in 2011 but later fell out in a battle for control of oil wealth.<br /><br /> Previous talks have made little progress and fighting has only worsened.<br /><br /> But confident of progress this time round, Bernardino Leon, the UN envoy mediating at the indirect talks in Morocco, said: “I have had the chance to meet the parties and to see that there is goodwill. <br /><br /> “In the coming days we will discuss two urgent issues: the formation of a national unity government and security measures.”<br /><br /> Air strikes between rival forces intensified in the run-up to the talks. <br /><br /> Western gov
