Libya’s prime minister, who was recently approved in a contested parliamentary vote, was unharmed in an attack on his home that set off a gun battle with guards, a government official said. The official said four attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades at the house of Ahmed Maiteg early on Tuesday, sparking clashes with security guards. One of the assailants was killed and another was arrested while the rest fled, the official said, speaking to the Associated Press news agency on condition of anonymity. Maiteg was named prime minister in a vote deemed illegitimate by religious hardline lawmakers. The appointment escalated a political crisis pitting lawmakers and fighters against forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, who has launched an armed campaign to try to restore order, three years after the revolt that toppled and killed Muammar Gaddafi. Thousands of Libyans have held demonstrations in recent days demanding the elected assembly halt sessions and accusing […]