Shelling by so-called Islamic State (IS) on an oil terminal in Libya has started fires that have spread to giant storage tanks, officials say. The fires are reported to be raging in Sidra, on the coast between Sirte and Benghazi. Officials said at least 10 guards had been killed since IS attacked the neighbouring ports on Monday. Warplanes from Libya’s internationally recognised government have provided air support to help defend the area. Libya has been split between rival militias and two competing governments since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. IS has been operating in Libya for about a year, and in December France warned that the group was aiming to seize the country’s oil wells . Ali al-Hassi, of the Petrol Facilities Guard militia, told the BBC that five storage tanks were on fire in Sidra but none in Ras Lanouf, as earlier reported. Each rank is […]