Ecuador, Mali, Mauritania, Samoa, and Sierra Leone are among the countries that have already benefited from such loans.

Libya has been plagued by instability and infighting since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was ousted from power in 2011.

"Commodity markets to be driven by currency markets and expectations of ECB quantitative easing this week," ANZ bank said.

A group was doing a field inspection in Quneitra when a helicopter opened fire. At least six people were killed, Hezbollah said.

Almost all of the freed prisoners are in poor health and bore signs of abuse and neglect. Three were young children.

The incident comes four months after an intruder armed with a knife managed to dodge guards and enter the White House.

"The mood was very good, but I don't think we made a lot of progress," France's negotiator Nicolas de la Riviere said.