Libya calls on world to protect oil fields from IS

[WorldNews]

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Libya's internationally recognised government called Saturday for outside help in combatting jihadists, warning that the Islamic State group's capture of a key coastal airport endangered nearby oil terminals. The government based in eastern Libya, in a statement on its official Facebook page, called on the international community to "supply arms to its forces to fight IS plans to seize oil fields to fund its operations". IS took control of the airport in Sirte -- the hometown of former dictator Moamer Kadhafi -- after forces belonging to a Tripoli-based rival government withdrew late Thursday.

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