{Libyan guards said Monday they repelled a maritime assault by ISIS on Zueitina oil terminal in the north of the country.}<\/p>\n
ISIS tried last week to seize export terminals in the so-called “oil crescent” of northern Libya, killing 56 people in two suicide bombings in Zliten and Ras Lanouf, east of Tripoli.<\/p>\n
“On Sunday night, the guards intercepted three boats trying to enter the oil port of Zueitina,” Ali al-Hassi, spokesman for the guards protecting oil facilities for Libya’s recognised government.<\/p>\n
“They opened fire and hit one of the boats. The other two made off but returned a short while later to tow the vessel which had been hit,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We can say it was ISIS because we’d received information that ISIS would try to enter Zueitina by sea,” the spokesman told AFP.<\/p>\n
ISIS has been trying for several weeks to push east from its coastal stronghold of Sirte, threatening to seize control of Libya’s oil wealth.<\/p>\n
Libya descended into chaos following the 2011 ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi.<\/p>\n
It has had rival administrations since August 2014, when an Islamist-backed militia alliance overran Tripoli, forcing the government to take refuge in the east.<\/p>\n
The United Nations is pressing both sides to accept a power-sharing agreement it hopes will help to reverse ISIS’s territorial gains.<\/p>\n
Oil is Libya’s main natural resource, and the country sits on reserves estimated at 48 billion barrels, the largest in Africa.<\/p>\n
It had a pre-revolt output capacity of about 1.6 million barrels per day, but unrest has forced a major slump in production, and output now stands at around 500,000 bpd.<\/p>\n
Source:Alarabiya:[Libya repels ISIS assault on oil terminal->http:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/News\/middle-east\/2016\/01\/12\/Libya-repels-ISIS-assault-on-oil-terminal-.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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