NATO Shipping issues Libya alert
A warning from the NATO Shipping Centre on 25 May has reminded vessels transiting Libyan waters that they do so ‘at risk of interaction with armed elements in Libya’.
The statement follows in the wake of an attack on a Libyan-flagged product tanker off the shores of Sirte on 24 May.
The alert added that ‘vessels intending to transit through this area are encouraged to conduct thorough risk assessments in advance of their voyages’ and when travelling through ‘do so expeditiously and with increased vigilance’.
The two governments in Tobruk and Tripoli are vying for control in a prolonged civil
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