Commander of the Joint Operations Room in the western region, Major General Osama Joueili has confirmed that Mitiga Airport was attacked on Tuesday, October 22nd at 2.15 am by high-explosive bombs.

At least two civilians were killed and three others wounded in an airstrike south of the capital Tripoli by the forces loyal to east Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, said the UN-recognized government, Anadolu reports.

The Washington Examiner reported Wednesday that the public relations firm that helped launch President Trump’s election campaign is lining up a fact-finding tour of Libya as part of a $1.5-million contract to lobby on behalf of the government of Tripoli.

Warring parties in the ongoing battle for Tripoli have killed and maimed scores of civilians by launching indiscriminate attacks and using a range of inaccurate explosive weapons in populated urban areas, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.

UNICEF has condemned the new attack and previous attacks on civilians and especially children in the ongoing fighting in Tripoli, Libya’s capital.

Three children were killed and the rest of family members were injured in shelling on a residential building in Salah Al-Deen in Tripoli by Khalifa Haftar’s forces.

The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj has called on the UNSMIL to take vital actions as opposed to statements of condemnation to protect civilians in Tripoli against the repeated attacks on residential areas by Khalifa Haftar’s forces.

Libya’s internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) announced on Sunday a major ground offensive against retired Major General Khalifa Haftar and taking control of new positions.

A Libyan military prosecutor has ordered the arrest of General Khalifa Haftar and three other retired commanders, as reported by Anadolu Agency. 

The Counterterrorism Force has condemned the air raid on the 1001st Battalion by what it said the UAE-backed air force of Haftar.