More guards killed in terrorist attacks on Libyan oil ports

(MENAFN- Arab News) BENGHAZI: Daesh terrorists attacked checkpoints near the Libyan oil port of Es Sider for a second day on Tuesday and an oil storage tank in the port was set on fire by a long-range rocket a spokesman for the security guards said.
Ali Hassi said terrorists had attacked checkpoints 30-40 km from the port and that two guards were killed and 16 wounded in the fighting. Seven guards were killed and 25 were wounded in Monday's clashes he said.
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said the oil tank fire started just as firefighters were close to bringing under control another blaze at an oil tank that was hit during fighting in the nearby port of Ras Lanuf on Monday.
Both fires were still burning on Tuesday afternoon.
Es Sider and Ras Lanuf Libya's biggest oil ports have been closed since Dec. 2014. They are located between the city of Sirte which is controlled by Daesh and the eastern city of Benghazi.
The country's crude oil production has dropped to less than a quarter of a 2011 high of 1.6 million barrels per day.
On Monday Daesh car bombers struck near Es Sider and there were clashes between its terrorists and security guards. The tank that was hit in Ras Lanuf 20 km from Es Sider was holding about 400000 barrels of oil.