Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 16

18-Apr-2011

Benghazi Expands Oil Marketing Operations Amid Intensified Diplomacy

Libyan rebels based in Benghazi are, with the help of Qatar, expanding oil marketing, as international diplomatic and sanctions efforts tightened the vice on Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhafis regime. The military frontline stabilized, certainly in comparison to the previous month, with the opposition consolidating its positions, as NATO warplanes continued to strafe besieging...