Attack on oil terminals pushes Libya’s rival governments towards partition

The government of prime minister Abdulla al-Thinni, now based in the eastern town of al-Baida, is persisting with its intention to take exclusive control of oil revenues, but faces growing internal divisions of its own. Some powerful Cyrenaican factions plan to demand independence early next year, while army leaders in the east face allegations that they intend to abolish the interim democratic institutions and rule through a military council.