Lifting the arms embargo to help the Libyan military fight ISIL would sabotage UN-sponsored peace talks.
![A Libyan soldier monitors a street from his sniper nest in Benghazi [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6ad9b5d27e0345f2bc11ecec3468e626_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Claudia Gazzini is Crisis Group's senior analyst for Libya.
Lifting the arms embargo to help the Libyan military fight ISIL would sabotage UN-sponsored peace talks.
![A Libyan soldier monitors a street from his sniper nest in Benghazi [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6ad9b5d27e0345f2bc11ecec3468e626_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)