Back to Story
FILE - Fathi Bashagha, then Libya's UN-supported government's interior minister, sits during an interview Jan. 6, 2021 in Tripoli, Libya. An attempt by Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s rival prime ministers, to seat his government in the capital of Tripoli triggered clashes Tuesday, May 17, 2022, between competing militias, forcing the newly appointed premier to leave the city. The development underscored the fragility of the situation in the war-wracked country. (AP Photo/Hazem Turkia, File)

FILE - Fathi Bashagha, then Libya's UN-supported government's interior minister, sits during an interview Jan. 6, 2021 in Tripoli, Libya. An attempt by Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s rival prime ministers, to seat his government in the capital of Tripoli triggered clashes Tuesday, May 17, 2022, between competing militias, forcing the newly appointed premier to leave the city. The development underscored the fragility of the situation in the war-wracked country. (AP Photo/Hazem Turkia, File)

Forces loyal to Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, one of Libya’s two rival prime ministers, secure the streets of the capital, Tripoli, Tuesday May, 17, 2022. Clashes broke out in Tripoli after Dbeibah’s rival, Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, announced his arrival in the city on Tuesday morning. But Bashagha left soon after the fighting started. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Forces loyal to Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, one of Libya’s two rival prime ministers, secure the streets of the capital, Tripoli, Tuesday May, 17, 2022. Clashes broke out in Tripoli after Dbeibah’s rival, Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha, announced his arrival in the city on Tuesday morning. But Bashagha left soon after the fighting started. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)