Haftar's Forces Take Key Oil Facility
February 07 2019
Forces loyal to Libyan general Khalifa Haftar say they have taken control of the country's largest oil field, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The Libyan National Army (LNA) gained control of the Sharara oil field in southern Libya without resistance, a spokesman for the force said on Wednesday.
Local sources in the town of Ubari said the LNA had only entered station 186, some 25 miles (40 km) from the oil field, reported the Libya Observer on Thursday.
Other sources said that...
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