Thick, black smoke was rising from the Al-Sidra oil facility, about 400 kilometers west of Benghazi, while firefighters struggled to put the flames out. Islamic State group attacked the oil fields on Monday morning, officials said. It took several hours before fighters charged with protecting the oil fields pushed the militants back.
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