The United Nations-backed administration in Libya transitioned to an interim government without a hitch on Tuesday, capping a diplomatic process meant to lead to nationwide democratic elections in late December.
At a ceremony in Libya's capital Tripoli, the outgoing prime minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, and his U.N.-backed Government of National Accord handed power to Libyan businessman Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah, the interim prime minister, and Libyan diplomat Mohammad Younes Menfi, leader of a three-person presidential council, along with Mossa al-Koni and Abdullah Hussein al-Lafi.
