The eastern Libyan National Army (LNA) forces managed to repel the assault on the Tamanhint air base near Sabha
An LNA soldier was killed at the base’s main gate, one official said, describing the attackers as “militia”.It was unclear whether they were linked to the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, in northwestern Libya, that is fighting Haftar-led forces allied to a parallel government based in the eastern city of Benghazi.
The fighting has killed at least 205 people, including 18 civilians, and wounded 913, the World Health Organization reported on Thursday.Haftar has concentrated his forces near Tripoli, using mainly the Jufrah air base but also Tamanhint to fly in materiel and send it on by road up north towards the Mediterranean coast.
International powers are aghast at the flare-up in Libya, which has scuttled a U.N. peace plan, but have been unable to present a united front to enable steps to defuse the crisis.
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