Libya returns fuel tanker

Air Force threatened to bomb ship.

Libya returns fuel tanker to rival government

BY AYMAN AL-WARFALLI

(Reuters) – Libya’s recognized government has released a tanker forced to dock at a port under its control after originally banning it from delivering fuel to its rival administration, a port official said on Tuesday.

War planes forced the tanker Anwaar Afriqya to sail to Tobruk after it had originally approached the port of Misrata, the air force commander for the recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said on Monday.

Libya’s recognized government has worked from a headquarters in the east of the country since the summer when rival forces under the banner Libya Dawn took over the capital Tripoli and installed their own self-proclaimed government.

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Source: reuters.com