On 18 August 2011, the tide turned in Libya, when the Zintan Brigade captured the Zawiyah oil refinery with assistance from NATO and Arab forces. Five years on ZZ Top, as this area was known, continues to be critical with IS and migrants increasing insecurity along the North East coast of Tripolitania. See chapter 6 of Belfast to Benghazi.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfast-Benghazi-Untold-Challenges-War/dp/1861515669?ie=UTF8&keywords=belfast%20to%20benghazi&qid=1464202598&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
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Rupert Wieloch 