The escalation of violence in and around the oil installations of Libya are cause for growing international concern, a joint statement from NATO allies said. A joint statement from the French, British and U.S. ambassadors to Libya voiced strong condemnation over the escalation of violence that threatens Libyan oil and the associated infrastructure. Libya’s political and national security situation has oscillated between near-collapse and near-recovery since the fall of the regime of Moammar Gadhafi after civil war erupted during the Arab Spring democratic uprisings that began in 2011. Once a main contributor to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the nation’s oil wealth has been in the crosshairs of the fight for post-Gadhafi control over Libya. A report Monday in the Libya Herald cited […]