UN-backed Libyan gov't forces announce airstrikes on east-based army's air base

Forces of the UN-backed Libyan government on Sunday announced the launch of three airstrikes on a military base belonging to the rival east-based army.

"The air force at dawn launched three airstrikes on Watya airbase and its surroundings" in southwestern Libya, said Mohamed Gonono, spokesman of the UN-backed government's forces, in a statement.

Two of the airstrikes destroyed ammunition stores in the airbase, located some 140 km southwest of the capital Tripoli, according to the statement.

Meanwhile, the east-based army announced downing of a Turkish drone belonging to the UN-backed government's forces in Ajaylat city, some 80 km west of Tripoli.

For more than a year, the UN-backed government and the east-based army have been fighting for the control of Tripoli, which killed and injured many civilians.

Despite repeated international calls for a cease-fire, the war has not stopped and civilians continue to be targeted.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)