Intel: Libya to resume oil production at facilities without militia, Wagner fighters

Tripoli's parliament says it is not on board with a deal struck with with Hifter's son in Russia last week.
Forces opposed to Libya's unity government ride a truck in the Zueitina oil terminal on September 14, 2016. Forces opposed to Libya's unity government handed management of four vital oil ports to the National Oil Company on September 14, after seizing them in a blow to fragile peace efforts. Prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj called for urgent talks after the ports were captured by forces loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who supports a rival administration in the country's east. / AFP / Abdulla
Forces opposed to Libya's unity government ride a truck in the Zueitina oil terminal on Sept. 14, 2016. - ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP via Getty Images
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Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) lifted its force majeure on certain oil facilities this weekend after eastern Libya’s Gen. Khalifa Hifter said on Friday his forces would temporarily lift their months-long blockade on petroleum exports.

The Tripoli-based NOC announced on Saturday it was lifting the force majeure for oilfields and ports where militia fighters and Russia’s Wagner Group paramilitary units were not present.

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