Moussa Al-Koni, member of Libya's presidential council of government of national accord, attends a joint news conference with Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in Tripoli, Libya, April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
TUNIS/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - By defiantly attempting to export their own oil and dispatching troops towards the centre of the country, Libya's eastern factions may be gambling on force as they bid for a larger stake under a U.N.-backed unity government.
It could be a costly bet, one that ignites renewed conflict between east and west over territory, slashes oil production, and pushes Libya closer to a split that has threatened the country since the uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi five years ago.
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