Airstrike by Libya Strongman Kills 43 in Growing Proxy War
A fighter of Libya's UN-backed Government takes cover from enemy fire during clashes.
Photographer: Amru Salahuddien/picture alliance via Getty Images
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A drone strike carried out by forces loyal to eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar killed at least 43 people attending a meeting at a southern town, a local official said, in the latest eruption of violence in an increasingly deadly proxy war between regional powers.
The strike came about a month after another attack killed at least 40 people in a migrant detention center in a suburb of the capital, Tripoli. The internationally-backed government of Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj said Haftar’s forces were responsible for that incident.