Playing Pick-Up-Sticks in Libya—3

... a former deputy chief of mission. Libya’s Government of National Stability, led by Prime Minister Osama Hammad, openly criticized the outgoing Abdoulaye Bathily, stressing his perceived ineffectiveness and accusing him of bias. Ivan Bocharov: The Libyan Crisis: A Hotbed for Regional Instability In 2023, Osama Hammad succeeded Misrata-born Fathi Bashagha as head of the GNSt, a parallel government. The latter was appointed to this post in 2022 by a very tentative consensus of elites from east and west, with the expectation that he would help prevent the ...