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For The First Time, Libya Airstrikes Hit Misrata Militants

For The First Time, Libya Airstrikes Hit Misrata Militants

From BBC

A Misrata source confirmed the strikes to the BBC, adding that there were no casualties or material damage.

The airstrikes come after a 72-hour ultimatum issued by the air force to militants based in Misrata.

Militants had been attacking the oil ports of Sidra and Ras Lanuf in East Libya.

Militants were “still in high spirits, and [the] bombings will not affect our resolve,” the Misrata official told the BBC,

Fighting on the increase

Libya has been plagued by instability and infighting since the toppling of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, and violence has been steadily increasing in recent months.

An attack on a power plant in the Libyan city of Sirte on 25 December left at least 19 soldiers dead.

 

 

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