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Rival Libya PM Quits Capital as Clashes Foil Bid to Assert Power

Fighters loyal to Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli, Libya, on May 17. — Fighters loyal to Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli, Libya, on May 17.
Photographer: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images

By

Tarek El-Tablawy and

May 17, 2022, 8:21 AM UTC

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Libya’s rival prime minister hastily departed the capital, hours after his arrival in a bid to assert his claim to the premiership sparked clashes that threatened to tip the OPEC nation back into conflict.