Spotlight LIBYA Document Issue dated 09/05/2019

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 [...] (662 words)

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