Airport bombed by Libya's Haftar not military: UN

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Airport bombed by Libya's Haftar not military: UN
(AFP) •August 18, 2019


Forces loyal to Libya's UN-recognised government have been fighting to stop an offensive on the capital Tripoli launched in April by the self-styled Libyan National Army (AFP Photo/Mahmud TURKIA)

Tripoli (AFP) - The United Nations mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has dismissed claims by strongman Khalifa Haftar that a government-controlled airport bombed by his forces in recent days housed military infrastructure.

On Thursday and Friday Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) launched air strikes on Zuwara airport in western Libya, targeting what it said was a hangar "which houses Turkish drones and their ammunition".

The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord -- recognised by the UN -- said a member of civil protection was wounded in Friday's attack.

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