The chief of staff of the Libyan army has warned foreign companies the army will fire at any non-Libyan tanker entering the country’s territorial waters. The warning comes after a spike in tensions in Libya brought about by a controversial deal struck by the so-called government of unity and the Libyan Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG). Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) firmly believes the deal, struck by the UN-backed government and the PFG to reopen key ports was a mistake, NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla said in a letter to UN’s envoy to Libya Martin Kobler and to oil and diplomatic officials. Brigadier General Abdel-Razek al-Nadhouri said NOC – its division on Benghazi – was the only party that was entitled to close any deals regarding Libya’s oil. The PFG, which has been blocking ports across Libya, said on Friday it had agreed to a deal with the Government […]