In the east, the Tobrouk-based House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by strongman Khalifa Hifter, to hand over two major oil ports that the LNA seized from a rival faction earlier this week. The parliament's energy committee said it is ready to move forward with its own National Oil Corporation independent of Tripoli, suggesting that it may try to leverage the east’s control over oil ports despite international sanctions.
Libya's eastern parliament said on Wednesday it supported ending a deal to unify the country's National Oil Corporation (NOC), a day after eastern forces recaptured major oil ports from a rival faction. - Reuters