By Saber Ayyub.
Tripoli, 4 January 2016:
The so-called Islamic State (IS) has issued a statement on the identities of those who took part . . .[restrict]in the suicide attack of the oil export terminal at Sidra this morning.
As with almost all other IS suicide attacks, there are no Libyans involved. All four were Sudanese. IS names them as Abu Muad Al-Ghurhani, Abu Hamam Al-Ansari, Abu Abdalla Al-Ansari and Abdulrahman Al-Mohajer.
Before launching its strike against the oil terminal, IS completed it takeover of the small but strategically important town of Ben Jawad, 150 kilometres east of Sirte but just 30 kilometres away from its base at Nufliya and 35 kilometres west of Sidra. The town was the base for Libya Dawn’s Operation Sunrise forces a year ago in the failed offensive to take over the Sidra oil terminal. [/restrict]
