The appeal followed an air attack by the forces of commander Khalifa Haftar on the Mitiga airport east of the capital.
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday strongly condemned the military escalation near Tripoli and called for an immediate halt to the fighting in Libya.
He “strongly condemns the military escalation and ongoing fighting in and around Tripoli, including the aerial attack today by a Libyan National Army aircraft against Mitiga airport.” Haftar’s self-styled LNA claimed Monday’s air strike against the airport, with a spokesman saying the attack targeted a MiG-23 military plane and a helicopter.
A UN-backed unity government controls the capital, but its authority is not recognized by a parallel administration in the east of the country.
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