CAIRO, Dec 31: Egypt has persuaded Saudi Arabia and Libya to stop attacking each other in the media to try to end recent tension between the two Arab countries, Egyptian state-run media reported on Thursday.

"The agency has learnt that Egypt has succeeded in getting an agreement between the two brothers (S. Arabia and Libya) to end from today the trading of media attacks," MENA reported. Authorities in Libya and Saudi Arabia could not be immediately reached for confirmation.

Two Saudi newspapers called Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi "rash" and "mad" last week, a day after Riyadh recalled its ambassador to Tripoli over what it said was a Libyan plot to kill the kingdom's de facto ruler Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz.

Last year, Abdullah and Qadhafi clashed at an Arab summit when the Libyan leader criticized the kingdom for hosting US forces before the Iraq war. -Reuters