The six-month shutdown of Libya’s oil industry by rogue militias and disgruntled tribesmen has forced the government to dip into the country’s foreign reserves, a move that will likely exacerbate the political turmoil that led to the shutdown if no settlement is soon found. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said he expects three Libyan oil ports on the Mediterranean to reopen Sunday, allowing vital exports to resume, restoring the flow of state revenues. This followed negotiations with tribal leaders in the east, the crucible of the unrest that followed the fall of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in August 2011. But Ibrahim Jadran, the charismatic warlord in eastern Libya where 60 percent of the country’s oil is, said that won’t happen unless the government meets his demands for a larger share of oil revenue for the increasingly lawless region and more political power. Zeidan flatly […]