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A Libyan militia fighter was killed in clashes in Tripoli on Tuesday as clashes broke out in the capital forcing the prime minister appointed by parliament, Fathi Bashagha, to leave the city. Bashagha’s authority is disputed by a rival government led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, which controls Tripoli. Ahmed Al-Ashhab, a member of Libya’s pro-Bashagha Brigade 166, was killed during fighting that took place when the prime minister-designate tried to enter the city. Bashagha’s effort to break two months of stalemate between rival administrations risks plunging Libya back into prolonged fighting after…