Libya ’s government struck from the air at Islamist militias it said shelled the country’s largest oil port today, according to the military unit in charge of protecting export terminals. The strike comes two days after the Petroleum Facilities Guard gave the militias 72 hours to return to Misrata, their main stronghold, to avoid the airstrikes after an earlier attack on the Es Sider terminal. “We decided to order attacks from the air without waiting after the rocket attack on Es Sider,” Ali al-Hasy, a spokesman for unit, said by phone from the port, where loading was halted Dec. 13 after a first round of clashes. Aircraft belonging to the internationally recognized government of Abdullah al-Thinni attacked the artillery unit that fired on the port and bombed positions in Misrata and along the front line in Bin Jawad, 35 kilometers west of Es Sider, he said. The self-proclaimed government […]