Air strikes target Libya’s eastern city of Misurata
Forces loyal to Libya’s recognised government staged air strikes on targets in Misurata yesterday in the first such attacks on the city allied to an armed group that seized the capital in the summer, officials and residents said.
The internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has been forced to run a rump state in the east since a group known as Libya Dawn took control of Tripoli in August, setting up a rival government and parliament.
The North African country, a major oil producer, has been engulfed in fighting between the two sides, each with its own government and parliament.