With Libya's transition paralysed, a would-be premier projects power in Tripoli


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  • Thursday, 02 Mar 2017

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of Libya's National Salvation government Khalifa Ghwell speaks during an opening ceremony of Tripoli International Airport, in Tripoli, Libya February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny/File Photo

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - In a cluster of luxury residences that survived Tripoli's battles almost unscathed, a self-declared defender of Libya's revolution has set up base as one of three claimants to the country's premiership.

A handful of guards and two armoured white SUVs are stationed at Khalifa Ghwell's compound, and loyalists control surrounding roads with checkpoints and patrols.

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