WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Wednesday that it has imposed sanctions on Libyan militia leader Ibrahim Jadhran for attacking the country's oil facilities.
The Treasury accused Jadhran of leading forces to violently attack and seize control of the Libyan oil ports Ras Lanuf and Al Sidra in June, an act that generated economic and political crisis and cost Libya over 1.4 billion U.S. dollars in revenue.
It was Jadhran's most recent attempt to regain control of the "oil crescent" since 2016, when his forces were previously ousted from the region, said the department in a statement.
The punitive action will block any property Jadhran may have in the United States and prohibit U.S. citizens from doing business with him.
The North African oil state has never regained stability since its former leader Muammar Gaddafi was removed by a NATO-led aerial campaign in 2011 and later killed following the outbreak of the Arab turmoil.
