Confessions of cell members revealing their involvement in targeting vital facilities in Libya
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Confessions of cell members in Libya revealed their involvement in implementing or planning to target vital facilities, including a power station south of Tripoli, as part of an organized plan to strike the oil, energy and electricity sectors, after drone attacks targeted oil facilities in Zawiya and Tripoli, causing material damage and power outages without human losses.
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Why It Matters
Libya is witnessing repeated drone attacks targeting oil and vital facilities, especially in the western region, which raises concerns about the stability of vital infrastructure in light of fragile security conditions.
According to preliminary information, the confessions of a number of cell members revealed their involvement in implementing or planning other operations that targeted vital installations, including a power station south of Tripoli, as part of a plan that the sources described as organized, aiming to strike strategic facilities and cause damage to the oil, energy, and electricity sectors.
These developments come after a series of drone attacks targeting oil and vital facilities in the western region, raising fears that the scope of targeting will expand to include additional facilities of strategic importance.
Last August, the city of Zawiya witnessed a series of drone attacks targeting oil and energy facilities, which began by striking fuel tanks in the Zawiya oil complex, which includes the largest operating refinery in Libya.
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Libya.. An FPV drone targeting the Tripoli oil depot
The attacks caused fires to break out inside a number of fuel tanks, and the collapse of a gasoline tank with a capacity of approximately 4.5 million liters, while the National Oil Corporation declared a state of extreme emergency and warned that operations could be halted if the attacks continued. No human casualties were recorded, and the refinery itself was not damaged, but the targeting temporarily led to a disruption in fuel supply operations in the western region.
The attacks were not limited to oil installations, as electrical installations in Al-Zawiya were also targeted, causing a widespread power outage in the south of the city, and disrupting more than 700 megawatts of the production capacity of Al-Zawiya station. The security conditions also prompted General Electric Company to suspend its work and withdraw its technical teams from the station.
On September 3, the targeting pattern moved to the capital, Tripoli, where the Tripoli oil depot on the airport road was subjected to an attempt to target a flying object suspected of being a drone, which fell next to one of the fuel tanks inside the warehouse campus, without any casualties being recorded, according to the Brega Oil Marketing Company.
Open Questions
- Who are the elements that confessed and what are their affiliations?
- What is the exact extent of the physical damage to the South Tripoli Power Station?
- Is there a link between this cell and active armed groups in Libya?
