Egypt has reopened its embassy in Libya's ​capital ​Tripoli after a ⁠12-year absence, a significant step in the mending of ties between Cairo and the neighbouring country's western-based administration. Egypt has been one of the most prominent backers ⁠of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the power behind an administration in the east that is a rival ​to ⁠the Tripoli-based government.