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Some needed background on the recent war and "peace" moves over Libya, which seemingly means nothing. Except that they do! And yes, it´s about energy security, more specifically natural gas.
Note one irony: the perennial enemies Turkey and Russia seem to be on the same side in this dispute, while Russia´s natural allies Greece and Cyprus have ended up on the same side as Israel. Note also that both Egypt and Jordan imports huge amounts of natural gas from Israel.
I wonder where Libyan "warlord" Khalifa Haftar stands in all this. He has often been portrayed as a Russian asset, but if the Russians are on the same side as the Turks (at least this week), where does that leave Haftar? Turkey supports the other side in the Libyan war. According to some sources, he is really on the Saudi payroll. And the Saudis are allies of the United States...
This could prove, shall we say, interesting.
Pipeline or a pipe dream? Hydrocarbon conflict brewing
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