Read < 1 minute

Rival Libyan factions say they are upbeat about the course of UN-mediated talks under way in Morocco . The talks are aimed at brokering a deal on a national unity government and finding someone to head it .  UN special envoy Bernardino Leon, who has been trying to bring the two sides together for weeks and who chaired the talks said the meeting took place in a “positive and constructive” spirit. The U.N. talks in Morocco are seen  as the only hope of forming a unity government and halting the fighting in Libya . But previous talks have yielded little.