Oil Tankers Dawdle Off Libya’s Coast as Warlord Halts Exports
- Ships sit idle as General Haftar blockades oil ports
- Ten tankers wait to load as political impasse persists
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Off the coast of Libya, one man is holding up several million tons of steel.
Khalifa Haftar, the military leader who controls critical parts of the North African oil producer, ordered the closure of its ports and key oil fields at the weekend while haggling over a truce with the national government.