TRIPOLI: The head of Libya's UN-backed unity government called for urgent talks Wednesday after forces loyal to a rival administration seized the main eastern oil ports in defiance of world powers.

The seizure of all four-export terminals in the so-called oil crescent was a major blow to Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj's government, which is almost entirely dependent on oil revenues for its income.

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