A sixth drone strike in five days knocks out a power substation at Zawiya in Libya

Early on Wednesday a substation near Zawiya, west of Tripoli, was destroyed by a drone, cutting power to areas south of the city. It was the sixth strike in five days, after hits on fuel tanks, a lubricant plant and a desalination unit. The state electricity company warns that continued attacks could bring a partial or general collapse of the grid, and has withdrawn its engineers for a second time. No group has claimed responsibility, and the National Oil Corporation says it may declare force majeure.

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