A warplane belonging to Libyan pro-government forces is seen minutes before an explosion in an area under control by members of the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries in Benghazi in this file photo taken on April 7, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Warplanes from Libya's official government attacked an oil tanker docked outside the city of Sirte on Sunday, wounding three people and setting the ship on fire, officials said.
It was the third confirmed strike by the internationally recognised government on oil tankers, part of a conflict between competing administrations and parliaments allied to armed factions fighting for control of the country four years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.
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