Libya forces Operation Dignity, a Libyan militia, has attacked the Zueitina oil terminal near Benghazi, local media report . The attack, which took place on Friday, was repelled by Petroleum Facilities Guard forces, which are another militia operating in the country. The attack, according to reports, was led by Muftah Shagloof, who was appointed by Operation Dignity’s chief General Khalifa Haftar as head of the Petroleum Facilities Guard. Depending on sources, the Operation Dignity move is seen either as an attack on oil facilities or as an attempt to secure their reopening as agreed by the other chief of the PFG, Ibrahim Jahdran, and the Presidential Council. The agreement followed years of PFG-led blockades of Libya’s four major oil export terminals, which have a combined capacity of 860,000 bpd. The Guard and the UN-backed government of the country reached an agreement in mid-July to reopen the ports, but this […]