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Ships at anchors in the Mediterranean sea next to the Zawiya Oil Refinery in Zawiya, west of Tripoli, Libya, in march 2011 (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Libyan rebels, government agree to gradually reopen occupied oil ports

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2014 | Middle East

Tripoli and Benghazi, Reuters—Libyan rebels occupying four eastern oil ports agreed with the government on Sunday to gradually end their eight-month petroleum blockade which has cost the North African state billions in lost revenues. Zueitina and Hariga ports, held by...

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A North Korean-flagged tanker, the Morning Glory, is seen docked at the Es Sider export terminal in Ras Lanuf in this March 8, 2014 file photo. What began late in 2013 as a routine new assignment for Pakistani sea captain Mirza Noman Baig ended in a dramatic night-time rescue as U.S. special forces seized the ship his family said he was forced to operate by Libyan rebels. Picture taken March 8, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Files

Libya plans captured oil tanker’s fate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 22, 2014 | Middle East

London and Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US Navy on Saturday handed over custody of a renegade oil tanker that escaped Libyan territorial waters with a cargo of crude oil illegally loaded by a rebel-held terminal, according to Libyan state news agency LANA. With the...