In eastern Libya, rebel forces in the oil port of Ras Lanuf came under frequent air and artillery attacks.

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There have been more airstrikes on the oil port of Ras Lanuf, with an oil refinery and a rebel checkpoint among the targets.

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On the eastern front around the Mediterranean oil port of Ras Lanuf, rebels retreated in the face of heavy government shelling and air strikes.

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On June 26th a militia near Ras Lanuf, an oil-refinery town, blocked the main coastal road, demanding more seats for easterners in the national congress.

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After failing to recapture the oil terminals at Brega and Ras Lanuf, he has apparently laid a ring of landmines to defend Sirte and deployed a brigade there, led by one of his sons, Saadi.

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More recently, the government has faced a labor strike at the busy port city of Ras Lanuf in December and a shutdown of an oil terminal in Zueitina, just east of Tripoli where protestors demanded jobs for about 1, 500 local residents.

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