The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, has strongly condemned repeated airstrikes targeting civilian installations in western Libya, including Al-Zawiya, Tajoura and Abu Salim. This is utterly unacceptable.” Salame said in a statement by the UNSMIL. On 26 December and in Al-Zawiya, two civilians were killed, and eight others injured with public and personal property destroyed by airstrikes, conducted by General Haftar’s forces." Meanwhile, Salame stressed the need for the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure across Libya. The UNSMIL added that airstrikes were the leading cause of civilian casualties, accounting for 182 deaths and 212 injuries, followed by ground fighting, improvised explosive devices, abductions and killings.

Source: Libya Observer December 29, 2019 18:33 UTC