{"id":59420,"date":"2020-01-23T09:34:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T01:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59420"},"modified":"2020-01-23T09:34:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T01:34:33","slug":"us-calls-for-immediate-resumption-of-libya-oil-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59420","title":{"rendered":"US calls for immediate resumption of Libya oil operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lyb.jpeg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/lyb-696x392.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TRIPOLI, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United States called for an<br>immediate resumption of Libya\u2019s lifeline oil exports that have been blocked<br>by forces loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar since last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe suspension of National Oil Corporation (NOC) operations risks<br>exacerbating the humanitarian emergency in #Libya and inflicting further<br>needless suffering on the Libyan people,\u201d the US embassy in Tripoli tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNOC operations should resume immediately,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haftar\u2019s forces, at war with fighters loyal to the UN-recognised Government<br>of National Accord, blocked oil exports from Libya\u2019s main ports on Saturday, a day before an international peace conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move to cripple the country\u2019s main income source was a protest against<br>Turkey\u2019s decision to send troops to shore up Haftar\u2019s rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disruption was expected to more than halve daily crude output to<br>500,000 barrels from 1.3 million barrels, leading to losses of $55 million a<br>day, the NOC warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The oil-rich North African country has been torn by fighting between rival<br>armed factions since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising killed dictator Moamer<br>Kadhafi and toppled his regime. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRIPOLI, Jan 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United States called for animmediate resumption of Libya\u2019s lifeline oil exports that have been blockedby forces loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar since last week. \u201cThe suspension of National Oil Corporation (NOC) operations risksexacerbating the humanitarian emergency in #Libya and inflicting furtherneedless suffering on the Libyan people,\u201d the US [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59420"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}