Libya faces chaos as top court rejects elected assembly


  • World
  • Friday, 07 Nov 2014

Judge Kamal Bashir Dahan (C), head of Libya's Supreme Court, meets with members of the Constitutional Chamber in Tripoli November 6, 2014. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Supreme Court declared the internationally recognised parliament on Thursday as unconstitutional, in a ruling likely to fuel further chaos in the north African oil producing nation.

The decision, which was rejected by the assembly, came a day after gunmen stormed Libya's biggest oilfield and shut down production at the facility in the country's remote south.

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