The United Nations said it still recognizes Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah after the eastern-based parliament of the war-torn country on Thursday appointed a former interior minister as prime minister. Dbeibah escaped unharmed from an assassination attempt early Thursday in the capital, Tripoli. The Libyan House of Representatives on Thursday appointed former interior minister Fathi Bashagha to become the country's new prime minister, a serious challenge to Dbeibah's administration. Hired hit menA day after surviving an alleged assassination attempt, Dbeibah told Libya Al Ahrar TV a bill would be presented to the House of Representatives then transferred to the presidential council for ratifying. "The Parliament's selection of a new government is another attempt to enter Tripoli by force," Dbeibah said in the interview.

Source: Libya Today February 11, 2022 19:25 UTC