A bomb exploded at an oil pipeline from Libya’s El Sarir field on
Saturday, halting flows to Hariga port as the country struggles to
restore crude exports battered by factional fighting. Reuters report:
In a separate incident, gunmen stormed government
buildings in the coastal city of Sirte, forcing officials out at
gunpoint and taking over administrative offices and television and radio
stations, the state news agency said. No more details were immediately
available. Several Islamist militant groups are active in Sirte.
Libya
is riven by conflict, with two rival governments operating their own
armed forces and separate parliaments, nearly four years after the civil
war that led to the overthrow and killing of leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The fighting also involves Islamist militant groups, former rebels,
ex-Gaddafi troops and tribal and federalist factions often pursuing
local causes. No group claimed responsibility for Saturday’s pipeline
bombing. Oil infrastructure, ports and pipelines in the North African
OPEC member state are often targets of attack.
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