gadaffi agreed to give up his weapons of mass destruction. they also struck oil and trade deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but the mps wondered at what price for justice of the british victims of libyan crimes in london. >> if we didn't set any of these issues aside, but we did believe there was a huge prize in bringing them from a position where they were sponsoring terrorism to a position where they were fighting against it, and then, secondly, creating the circumstances in which they voluntarily gave up their chemical - nuclear weapons program >> reporter: tony blair knows a thing or two about military intervention in foreign lands. was libya better or worse off as a result of the western bombing campaign? << i tell you to today it is a real security problem and for us i think here, but i don't think you can make the judgment as to whether it would be better if we hadn't intervened because then you would have to say how would that have then played out. you can look at syria today where we didn't intervene and say it's even wors

the country has fallen into chaos since the 2011 uprising of the deposed leader gadaffi.he general national congress is one of two rival administrations. the other is the u.n. recognized government based in the eastern city of tabruk. each is supported by armed groups engaged in daily fighting former libyan general hafta took charge of a growing army which allied itself with the tabruk government. the chaos has been made worst by militia who don't follow the main political groups. some claimed allegiance to isil stepping into a crowded battleground. he elections will be helpd withn two years. an interim president and deputy are expected to be named within weeks a sign of unity victoria gaten be, al jazeera. >> let's hear from martin khan, outlined to us what was at stake if the deal wasn't implemented soon. >> it's very important to conclude it as rapidly as possible because the daesh is extending. this cannot be allowed. the social committee situation is dire. the reserves of the central bank will be exhausted. this is reason for libyans to stay together in unity, to pro

the nation has been in turmoil since gadaffi was was over thrown four years ago. our correspondent in rome. tell us what they're trying to put together there. a government that truly represents all libyans or just simply one that can fight i.s.i.l.? >> reporter: the international community's strategy at the moment seems to be to get as many libyan actors on board, as libyan players to agree to the u.n. deal and hopefully others will join at a later stage, others will sign on to that agreement. the message that is going to come out of this conference is that the international community wants to speck in a united, in a strong voice saying that the u.n. deal with the only way forward. now, they may be speaking in one voice, but the lynians are not. in deal has-- libyans are not. this has caused divisions in the government. there is internal frog men thugs within the rival governments. on friday they agreed to sign a deal on wednesday, but we have to make it very clear that the people who made that announcement in no way represent the parties on the ground. tows this

the deposed leader t gadaffi. it is one of two rival administrations. the other is the u.n.ecognized government based in the city of tabruk. each is supported by armed groups engaged in daily fighting. former libyan general took charge of a growing army which eventually allied itself with the tabrook government. the kay okay has been made worse by militia who don't follow the main political groups. some claimed allegiance to isil stepping into a crowded battleground. he elections will be held within two years, and interim president and deputy are expected to be named within weeks. later this month. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >> the govern of the yemeni port city of aden has been killed, major general mohammed saad was on his way to work when his convoy was hit by a car bomb. he was alleluial an ally of had >> this is the spot he was killed. the car he was traveling in is engulfed in flames. sworn in as govern two months ago. he was a close ally of hadi who returned to aden from exile in saudi arabia. >> appear convoy of about five cars was heavily secured. he knew he was

in libya when the city of benghazi was threatened by gaddafi troops, after the terrible speech by gadaffireatening to massacre the population, i said i can't blame the population for welcoming the bombing that were saving them as they were seeing it. that is the point. and that is all for the city of benghazi. as soon as the siege of the city was broken and there was no longer any threat, i said, i mean, i'm against the bombing and against direct intervention because i know that the united states and its allies would intervene anyway, even if it is on the side of a popular revolt, it would be to control it, to try to steer it to their own interests. that is why i'm against them intervening directly the true bombing or of course are troops on the ground. on this, the libyans were quite clear, they did not want troops on the ground. they made a very clear. and so that is the point. i'm against the bombing in syria because i think this is leading to nothing. it is not going -- this regard, the one you interviewed, the syrian refugee is completely right. what i'm saying is something else, tha

the country has fallen into chaos since the 2011 uprisiong deposing general gadaffi. the general national congress is one of two rival administrations. the other is the u.n. recognised government based in the eastern city of tobruk. each is supported by armed groups engaged in daily fighting. the former general hafta took charge of a growing army which eventually allied with the tobruk government. the chaos is made worse by libya who do not follow the groups. some claimed allegiance to i.s.i.l., stepping into an already crowded battle ground. under the agreement, elections will be held within two years. an interim president and duty are expected to be named within weeks, a sign of unity in rome later this month >>> an expert on libya and the founder of the libyan human rights commission joins me from california in the u.s. thank you for being with us. what do you make of this. it must be a step in the right direction for libya? >> i have not been as optimistic as i am today. i don't want to be too optimistic, but it looks good. the reason it looks good, it has the sup

what happened in instead was obama and hillary led nato in killing gadaf daff -- gadaffi.is a war zone ruled by radical terrorist. my point. >> also, on egypt if i can expand again not to be too shoulder to shoulder with you in this interview but i heard from so many middle east diplomats after we had our partner for 30 years and then said he must go and watched him walk up and had the leaders of the middle eastern country especially in the gulf region say why would we ever want to deal with your people. >> i had a foreign east minister tell me about a year ago he said it is very hard to be friends with america right now. that hurts to hear but it is the reality of it. then you look at syria and it is, it seems barack obama and hillary clinton and people like senator rubio have not learned the lessons of libya and egypt because what are they trying to do, topple isad. he's a bad man and a monster. if they succeed, isis will take over syria and it will be worse. >> let's talk about it and do you deal with the russians, help keep isad or one of isad's people in place and foc