IS attacks fuel storage tanks in Libya's major oil terminal
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Libyan officials say Islamic State militants have attacked one of the country's major oil terminals, setting storage tanks on fire at the coastal Ras Lanuf facility.
State-run National Oil Corporation's spokesman, Mohammed al-Hariri, and Osama al-Hadairi, the spokesman for the oil facilities' security unit, say the attack took place early Wednesday.
There were no details on the size of destruction or possible casualties.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The IS affiliate in Libya, which controls the central city of Sirte, has carried out several such attacks and destroyed at least a dozen oil tanks. Attacks on the nearby Sidra oil port completely destroyed 16 out of 19 fuel tanks there, dealing a heavy blow to Libya's already embattled oil sector.
Libya slid into chaos following the 2011 ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.