The deal enables Turkey to secure its rights in the Mediterranean while preventing any fait accompli by other regional states.
Libyan and US officials say hundreds of Russian mercenaries are backing commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have been trying for months to capture the capital Tripoli.
The self-styled Libyan National Army’s announcement comes two American and Italian unmanned drone aircraft lost near the capital last week.
Turkey's support to the UN-backed Government of National Accord in Libya should be replicated by other responsible global powers.
Murzuq municipal council member Mohamed Omar says, "The air strike resulted in 43 killed and 51 wounded." The LNA confirmed the strike on Murzuq.
Traffickers and armed groups have exploited the country's security vacuum, turning it into a hellhole for migrants.
Forces of UN-recognised Government of National Accord conduct air strike on Al Jufra air base, destroying a hangar containing drones and a cargo plane, a statement says.
The funeral at Benghazi's Huwari cemetery was for Khalifa Mismari, the assistant commander of Libya's special forces under former leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was toppled in 2011.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Fayez al-Sarraj - head of UN-recognised - Tripoli-based Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) in Istanbul and expressed the continuation of Turkey's support to the GNA.
The UN Security Council also called on the warring parties in Libya's capital Tripoli to rapidly return to UN-mediated political talks.
The death toll from the attack has risen to at least 53. A UN humanitarian report said there were two air strikes, not one as reported earlier, and that guards shot at migrants who were trying to run for their lives.
The UN-recognised GNA announced finding US-made weapons at seized base belonging to warlord Khalifa Haftar. Seized weapons included four Javelin anti-tank missiles packed in wooden crates marked "armed forces of the United Arab Emirates."
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