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Libya's Haftar Plans to Secure Oil Areas in Southern Push

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  • Libyan National Army Spokesman says forces entered Sebha
  • Southern oil field of Sharara has been closed for weeks
Khalifa Haftar  

Khalifa Haftar  

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Forces allied to Libya’s eastern leader Khalifa Haftar have entered the city of Sebha as part of a campaign to secure the country’s lawless south and protect its oil-producing infrastructure, his spokesman said.

“The next step is to secure all of Libya’s oil regions,” Ahmed al-Mismari, spokesman for Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army, said in a phone call with Bloomberg. The mayor of Sebha, Refa Akhbali, told Bloomberg Haftar’s forces were on the outskirts of the city.