TRIPOLI – One soldier was killed and two others were wounded on Sunday in a missile attack carried out by forces loyal to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar.
Amin al-Hashemi, a spokesman for the Health Ministry of Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), told Anadolu Agency that Haftar’s forces launched the attack on a region south of Tripoli.
He said a family living in a building near the attack was evacuated.
On Saturday, GNA forces launched a military operation to recapture Tarhuna, a town of strategic value for Haftar and his last major stronghold in the area surrounding Tripoli.
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