Violent clashes erupted over the weekend between two armed groups in the Brega region, in Libya’s Oil Crescent, the Libyan National Oil Corporation said in a statement. “Violent Clashes took place over the past 48 hours in the Brega region, only hundreds of meters away from oil tanks, between armed groups called Al-Saiqa and the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG), all of whom belong to Khalifa Haftar,” the NOC’s statement read. “They exchanged gunfire using medium-sized, 23mm-caliber firearms and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), which reflects the lack of responsibility and military discipline among these armed groups, whose actions jeopardize oil facilities and threaten the safety of NOC workers as well the residents in the surrounding areas.” Libya has been in the throes of a prolonged conflict between Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army, which is affiliated with the eastern Libyan government, and the UN-recognized Government of National Accord. LNA affiliates blockaded Libya’s […]