Turkey’s state news agency says air raids against al-Watiya was carried out by ‘unidentified planes’ with no casualties.

Libya’s UN-recognised government on Sunday condemned overnight air raids against a recently recaptured airbase in the west of the country saying the attack was carried out by a “foreign air force”.

Fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) seized back the al-Watiya airbase, 140km (90 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli, from troops aligned with renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar in May.

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Nigel Bell, Readers Bureau, Contributor

Edited by Jesus Chan

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