Libya Claims To Have No İnformation On Tripoli Airstrike

Libya's interim government says it has no information or evidence about the party responsible for a Monday airstrike on a camp near Tripoli's international airport associated with a local militia.



In a statement, the government blamed warring militias – which, it asserted, "refuse to abide by [constitutional] legitimacy" – for the "destruction" of Libyan property and lives.



It called on rival militias to engage in dialogue and withdraw from the Libyan capital before participating in the country's reconstruction.



Earlier Monday, four people were killed when unidentified aircraft targeted a camp said to belong to a local militia near the Tripoli airport.  



A source from "Dawn of Libya," a self-styled militia fighting for control of Tripoli, told Anadolu Agency that one of its camps near the airport had been struck by unidentified aircraft.



Since mid-July, local militias have been locking horns in and around the flashpoint city, almost totally destroying the airport – along with several planes – and wreaking havoc in the capital.



The violence has driven scores of foreign diplomats, thousands of expatriate workers and a number of Libyan nationals out of Tripoli and into neighboring Algeria and Tunisia.



Libya has been dogged by rising lawlessness since a bloody uprising in 2011 ended the 42-year rule of autocratic leader Muammar Gaddafi.



By Seif al-Tarabolsi



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