Libyan prime minister-designate Fathi Bashagha was forced out of the capital Tripoli on Tuesday by armed militias backed by current interim Prime Minister Adbdul Hamid Dbeibah, who refuses to step down and cede power as a significant amount of the country’s oil production capacity remains shut-in. Armed clashes shook Tripoli on Tuesday as Bashagha, backed by the eastern-based parliament, entered the capital to assume power from Dbeibah, forcing the prime minister-designate to leave the city only hours after entering. Clashes erupted when Bashagha entered the city with militia forces, prompting a response from Dbeibah’s militias. One staff member of the Italian embassy was wounded during the clashes. The rival prime ministers blame each other for starting the clashes, with Bashagha calling the Dbeibah government “ hysterical ”. “Despite our peaceful entry to Tripoli, without use of violence and force of arms, and our reception by honorable people of Tripoli, […]