Electrical Transmission Towers Damaged In Ras Lanuf Fire
The fires at the Ras Lanuf oil terminal started during an attack yesterday by IS militants have damaged electrical transmission towers in the area, Libya's Channel is reporting.
Sky News Arabia tweeted this image of burning oil storage tankers at Ras Lanuf in Libya's oil crescent.
The fires were started in an attack by IS militants yesterday.
The president of Libya's internationally recognized House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has condemned yesterday's attack by the IS group on Libya's oil facilities at Ras Lanuf and called on the army to support the Petroleum Facilities Guard, the militia tasked with protecting Libya's oil installations.
U.S.-Led Coalition Announces Results Of Assessments Of Civilian Casualties
The U.S.-led coalition fighting the IS group in Iraq and Syria has tweeted this response to a closed assessment of civilian casualties caused by its air strikes:
The U.S.-led coalition against the IS group says that its targeting of IS's financial infrastructure is having an effect on the group's ability to sustain themselves.
More photos of the fires today in oil storage tanks in Libya's Ras Lanuf oil terminal, which was attacked by the IS group yesterday.
Turkey Alarmed By Reports Of Russian Military Build-Up On Syrian Border
AFP has more on the reports that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed alarm at reports that Russia is building up forces in northern Syria near the Turkish border.
"We have said this from the beginning: we won't tolerate such formations (in northern Syria) along the area stretching from the Iraqi border up to the Mediterranean," Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul.