Libya: Air Force loyal to recognized Libyan Government carries out air strikes in port city of Misrata
Forces loyal to Libya’s officially recognised government has carried out air strikes on targets in Misrata today in the first such attacks on the city.
Officials and residents said that the airstrikes were targeted on allies of an armed group that seized the capital Tripoli in the summer.
Libya has been engulfed in fighting between the two sides, each with its own government and parliament.
The internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has been forced to run his government from the in the east since a group known as Libya Dawn took control of Tripoli in August, setting up a rival government and parliament.