civil war in libya

A new power struggle has deepened the Libyan crisis following the Tobruk - based House of Representatives' appointment of former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha as prime minister on Thursday, while incumbent Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah promised to remain in office until national elections are held. The failure to hold discussions on the legitimacy of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), originally scheduled for December 24, has led to differences of opinion in the western part of the…

Fathi Bashagha, who was recently appointed interim prime minister by Libya's Tobruk-based parliament to lead the country to elections last week, has launched talks to form a new government, he said in a video posted on Facebook on Sunday. In his statement, Bashagha said that he promised not to run as a candidate in the election and that he would transfer power through peaceful and constitutional means. He claimed that his initial talks with the military and security units were positive and that he had…