Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, during a meeting with the US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis at the Pentagon, has said that he hopes, a UN arms embargo can be eased as Libya made progress against Islamist extremists and the Islamic State group. The United Nations has enforced the embargo since the 2011 Libyan revolution that saw the ouster of Moamer Kadhafi's regime.<br/><br/>Sarraj's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has struggled to impose its authority in Libya in the face of opposition from a rival eastern-based administration backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar. The United Nations in September launched a new plan to bring stability to Libya, which has been in chaos since the ouster of Kadhafi.<br/><br/>Sarraj is due to meet President Donald Trump in Washington today.