Zeidan Voted Out of Office After Tanker Escapes Libya

Zeidan

Ali Zeidan was voted out of office by Libya's parliament, on Tuesday.

Zeidan had been prime minister, but the escape of an oil tanker from a rebel port was the end to his holding the position.

The tanker had made it to the port of Sidra, a rebel held port, on Saturday.

It was there loaded with oil and on Tuesday morning made for open waters, despite threats by Libya to blow it up.

Libyan gun ships shot at the tanker, damaging it, but were unable to stop it from escaping into the Mediterranean Sea.

Hours later, parliament pushed through a vote of no confidence in Zeidan, for his handling of the situation.