The leader of the protesters occupying Libyan oil ports said on Monday he did not recognize Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq’s new government and suggested a previously agreed deal to end his blockade could be in jeopardy. Ibrahim Jathran, who wants more autonomy from Tripoli for his eastern region, had agreed with Maiteeq’s predecessor to steadily end the protests, which have cut the OPEC member country’s oil exports after the ports fell under his control last summer.

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