The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the rapid deterioration of the economic and security situation in Libya, denouncing the “unilateral” moves by Libyan actors that have “increased tension.” The country of 6.8 million people has struggled to recover from years of conflict after the 2011 Libyan revolution that overthrew longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and remains divided between a UN-recognised government based in the capital Tripoli and a rival administration in the east, backed by military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Now, reemerging bloodshed and power struggles in the vast…