#Libya: Warlord Khalifa Hartar pursues attacks on #Misrata as death toll in #Tripoli reaches 1,100https://t.co/pB0cwp1dej

— The North Africa Journal (@northafrica) August 6, 2019

Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they launched air strikes early Tuesday against an airbase in third city Misrata held by government loyalists. “Our air force carried out several raids against the Misrata airbase, targeting anti-air defences as well as a Turkish aircraft transporting ammunition, drones and missiles,” Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army said in a statement on its Facebook page.

Pro-Haftar television channel Libya Al-Hadath said a Turkish Ilyushin aircraft “was destroyed as it landed at the Misrata base”.