Libya's east-based army attacks UN-backed gov't forces in Misurata

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TRIPOLI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Fighter jets of Libya's east-based army on Friday attacked positions of the rival UN-backed government forces in the city of Misurata, some 200 km east of the capital Tripoli.

"The air force launched several airstrikes on a camp and other targets inside Misurata city," the army's information office said in a statement.

"Large explosions resulted from the airstrikes, and a warehouse used to store rockets and ammunition of the militias (the UN-backed government forces) has been destroyed," the statement said.

The statement also denied reports that one of its fighter jets has been destroyed by the UN-backed government forces.

The UN-backed government and the east-based army have been fiercely fighting since early April over control of Tripoli.

The armed conflict claimed thousands of lives and injured many others, despite international calls for immediate ceasefire.

Amid escalating violence and instability, Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition ever since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Enditem

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