Libyan oil pipeline sabotaged, gunmen seize government buildings in Sirte
Libya Hariga port is the last land-based oil export port still functioning domestically. The two other large terminals in the country were previously closed owing to factional fighting.
The El Saris blast comes in the wake of Friday’s attacks on the nearby Makruk and Bahi oilfields. “The National Oil Corporation warns that the number of oil installation guards currently in the fields is not enough to protect them and to address such attacks,” Libya’s national oil company was reported as saying.
In an unconnected incident, gunmen stormed government buildings in the coastal city of Sirte. Officials were forced out of the complexes at gunpoint, as administrative offices and television and radio stations were taken over, according to the state news agency.
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