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Spotlight | Libya
Khalifa Haftar tries to restart eastern oil sales with Sulaco

Alongside his offensive on the capital, Khalifa Haftar has resumed his efforts to sell eastern Libyan oil… and this despite the United Nations embargo on oil sales carried out by entities other than the "ficial"National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli.According [...]

Published on 09.05.2019 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir
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Spotlight | Libya
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New NOC boss Bengdara courts Russia's Zarubezhneft via AGOCO

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NOC settles dispute with Alpine over Sanalla's armoured SUV

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NOC wants to recover $371,000 paid for Sanalla's armoured Chevy

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