Air power in the battle for Ras Lanuf

COMBAT REPORT THE PETROCHEMICAL facilities, known as the ‘oil crescent’, located around the Libyan cities of Ras Lanuf and Sidra, are of key strategic value. They represent one of the few financial resources for the government of Tobruk and have been fought over by rival powers in Libya. In the east, these comprise the secular national government of Tobruk, supported by the Libyan National Army (LNA). In the west, these comprise Islamist rebels from Misrata and Government of National Accord