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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

A new offensive in the Oil Crescent could reshuffle the cards in Libya


On March 3, 2017, fighters from Saraya Defend Benghazi — also known as Benghazi Defense Brigade, an Islamist militia group that formed in June 2016 to oppose the dominant Libyan National Army and its popular leader Gen. Khalifa Hafter — together with members of Ibrahim Jadhran’s Petroleum Facilities Guard and Misrata’s Al Marsa Brigade, attacked An Nawfaliya, Bin Jawad, Es Sider and Ras Lanuf in Libya’s Oil Crescent.

Their goal was to seize the oil terminals in those towns. And thus control Libya’s wealth. The attack has upended the Libyan civil war.



2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 12, 2017 at 11:02 PM

    Russian private security firm says it had armed men in east Libya:

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-libya-contractors-idUSKBN16H2DM


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    Head of LNA air force Geroushi has heart attack: report:

    https://www.libyaherald.com/2017/03/06/head-of-lna-air-force-geroushi-has-heart-attack-report/

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  2. AnonymousMarch 19, 2017 at 4:51 AM

    Libyan warplane downed striking jihadists in Benghazi:

    "A fighter jet of forces loyal to a Libyan military strongman was shot down today as it attacked jihadist positions in Benghazi, a military source said.

    "A MiG-21 was shot down by a heat-seeking missile," said Mohammad Ghunem, spokesman for the forces of strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is battling to oust jihadists from Libya's second city."

    See:

    http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-libyan-warplane-downed-striking-jihadists-in-benghazi-2358112


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