Drone strike hits 2 planes at Libya’s Misrata airport

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Sun, 2019-10-06 02:37

TRIPOLI: A drone strike on Saturday targeting an airport in western Libya wounded one person, forces loyal to the country’s unity government said, while also reportedly causing flights to be suspended.

The loyalist forces alleged that the strike on Misrata airport, 200 km from the capital Tripoli, was carried out by rival fighters answering to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar.

“Emirati drones which support the war criminal Haftar targeted Misrata international airport,” forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) said on Facebook.