TRIPOLI, Apr 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Spokesman of the UN-backed Libyan government’s forces, said that, its fighter jets launched four airstrikes on a military base of the rival eastern-based army, which media said, resulted in five deaths and 10 injuries.
“The air force earlier launched four airstrikes around Watya airbase, targeting military vehicles of the militias” of the eastern-based army, Mohamed Gonono, said in a statement, without revealing casualties.
Local media said, five soldiers were killed and 10 others injured by the airstrikes, which occurred some 140 km southwest of the capital, Tripoli.
Moreover, a local official said, three civilians were killed by an indiscriminate shelling, that hit a residential area in southern Tripoli.
The east-based army has been leading a military campaign in and around Tripoli, since Apr 2019, in an attempt to take over the city and topple the UN-backed government.
The fighting has killed and injured thousands of people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes.
