Libya falls back into civil war as rival sides fight to control oil terminals
Libya falls back into civil war as rival sides fight to control oil terminals Ambassadors to Libya from the UK, US and France have made an appeal for calm as Libya falls back into a bloody civil war with rival sides battling for control of the hugely lucrative Libyan oil terminals. Diplomats are concerned the fighting will severely damage the coastal oil infrastructure – the economic lifeblood of the country. Refugee women and children 'beaten, raped and starved in Libyan hellholes' Militia-run detention centres in Libya are ‘no more than forced labour camps and makeshift prisons’, Unicef says Read more The fighting was sparked by the Islamist-led Benghazi Defence Brigade’s surprise capture on Friday of the oil export terminals at Sidra and Ras Lanuf. The terminals were wrested from the control of Field Marshal Khalid Haftar, the head of the so-called Libyan Natio...