After weeks of delay, the new Parliament met today for the first time, in Tobruk, not in Tripoli as the Islamists had demanded. A number of Islamist lawmakers were not present at the meeting, but 158 out of 188 elected members of parliament did attend the Tobruk session, as well as representatives from the UN Security Mission in Libya, the Arab League, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Some clashes between government-allied forces and Islamist militias continued in both Tripoli and Benghazi. A council of tribal elders set out ceasefire conditions for Benghazi, including the demand that both sides lay down arms, quit the city, and submit to Parliament.
