伊斯兰国激进分子今天早上夺取利比亚地中海海岸两座关键性石油港口。这将使得伊斯兰国通过石油获得新的可观收入。这个胜利也使得伊斯兰国好比只需要再扔一个石头，就可以获得该国最赚钱的“石油新月”。这两座城镇，相距21英里，包括附近的炼油厂，为该地区的关键原油出口通路。今天早上，伊斯兰国在网上正式宣布占领其中一个城镇。另有报导，今天早上，伊斯兰国使用汽车炸弹攻击另一个城镇中剩余的叛军。
ISLAMIC STATE (ISIS) militants have today seized two key oil ports on Libya's Mediterranean coast as they continue to expand their growing empire on Europe's doorstep, according to sources in the war-torn country.
The crazed jihadis have reportedly overrun Libyan rebels in the towns of Bin Jawad and As Sidr as part of an offensive that designed to give the terrorist group access to huge new revenue streams from oil.
It brings them within a stone's throw of taking control of the country's lucrative 'Oil Crescent' at a time when its finances have taken a severe battering from Russian and US-led airstrikes.
The twin port towns, some 21 miles apart, act as a key export route for crude oil from the region, including the nearby Ras Lanouf petrol refinery.
In a statement posted online this morning ISIS officially claimed victory in Bin Jawad. Supporters of the hate group posted jubilant messages online, claiming the town had been "liberated" from infidel rebels.
The ease with which the Islamist militants were able to take the towns will deepen concern amongst European leaders about the hold ISIS is taking in northern Africa.
While the international effort has concentrated on obliterating the jihadi hate group in Syria it has quietly consolidated its position in Libya, recently boasting that its de fact African capital of Sirte will "rival Raqqa" as a future operations base.
Journalist Wassim Nasr reported that ISIS fighters are using car bombs to attack rebels still holding on to parts of As Sidr, having completely overrun Bin Jawad earlier today.
