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Agence France-Presse

At least 30 people were killed and 33 injured in an air strike on a military school in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a ministry spokesman said.
Amin al-Hashemi, spokesman for the health ministry of the Government of National Accord (GNA), earlier confirmed 28 deaths and said dozens were injured.
GNA Health Minister Hamid bin Omar said the number of dead and wounded was still rising, while Tripoli ambulance service spokesman Osama Ali said some body parts could not be immediately counted by forensic experts.
At the time of the strike on Saturday the cadets were gathered on a parade ground before going to their dormitories, he added.
The military school is in al-Hadba al-Khadra, a residential sector of the Libyan capital.
The southern part of Tripoli has seen fierce fighting since last April, when military strongman Khalifa Hifter began an offensive against the GNA.
Turkish intervention in Libya could reproduce Syria chaos, experts warn
Libya was plunged into chaos with the toppling and killing of long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi in a 2011 Nato-backed uprising. It has since become divided between the GNA and rival authorities based in the country’s east.
GNA forces accused those loyal to Hifter of the strike, posting photos of the victims and the wounded on Facebook.

However, pro-Hifter forces have not claimed responsibility for the attack.
More than 280 civilians and more than 2,000 fighters have been killed since the start of Hifter’s assault on Tripoli, according to the United Nations.
The fighting has also displaced some 146,000 people.
While Hifter’s LNA and the eastern government enjoy the support of France, Russia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and other key Arab countries, the Tripoli-based government is backed by Turkey, Italy and Qatar.
Russian mercenaries are spearheading the battle for capital Tripoli
There has been an increase in air strikes and shelling around Tripoli in recent weeks, with fears that fighting could escalate further after Turkey’s parliament voted to allow a troop deployment in support of the GNA.
On Friday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Libya, warning that the delivery of foreign support to warring parties would “only deepen the ongoing conflict and further complicate efforts to reach a peaceful and comprehensive political solution”.
Libya’s eastern-based parliament, which relocated from Tripoli in 2014 as the country split into rival camps in Tripoli and the east, voted to provide Hifter with emergency funding on Saturday.
The pro-Hifter chamber also held a series of symbolic votes against the GNA and Turkey, which struck two pacts on maritime boundaries and military cooperation in November.
Additional reporting by Reuters


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Air strike on Libyan military academy kills at least 30

At the time of the strike the cadets were gathered on a parade ground before going to their dormitories. Photo: AFP

Bodies are seen in the back of ambulances killed from an air strike earlier in the day on a Military College in al-Hadba al-Khadra, at the Green Hospital in the capital Tripoli on January 4, 2020. - At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured in an air strike on a military school in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a ministry spokesman said. At the time of the strike the cadets were gathered on a parade ground before going to their domitories, he added. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP)

Turkish intervention in Libya could reproduce Syria scenario, experts warn

Libyan protesters gather during a demonstration against the Turkish parliament’s decision to send Turkish forces to Libya. Photo: Reuters

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 13, 2019, US President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) take part in a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - Trump on January 2, 2020, warned Erdogan against any "foreign interference" in Libya, the White House said, after Turkish lawmakers approved a military deployment to shore up the UN-backed government in Tripoli. In a telephone call, Trump "pointed out that foreign interference is complicating the situation in Libya," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)

Aguila Saleh Issa, the head of Libya's parliament, speaks during an interview with AFP in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on December 28, 2019. (Photo by Christina ASSI / AFP)

Libya conflict: Russian mercenaries from the shadowy Wagner Group are spearheading the battle for capital Tripoli

Sirte forces, which are allied to the UN-backed government in Tripoli, are fighting forces backing eastern commander Khalifa Hifter. File photo: Reuters

The Bayraktar TB2 drone is pictured flying on December 16, 2019 at Gecitkale Airport in Famagusta in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). - The Turkish military drone was delivered to northern Cyprus today amid growing tensions over Turkey's deal with Libya that extended its claims to the gas-rich eastern Mediterranean. The Bayraktar TB2 drone landed in Gecitkale Airport in Famagusta around 0700 GMT, an AFP correspondent said, after the breakaway northern Cyprus government approved the use of the airport for unmanned aerial vehicles. It followed a deal signed last month between Libya and Turkey that could prove crucial in the scramble for recently discovered gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean. (Photo by Birol BEBEK / AFP)

A fighter of Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) of Fayez Serraj, fires his rifle during clashes with forces of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, at the Al-Khalla frontline in Tripoli, Libya on Aug. 24, 2019. (Amru Salahuddien/DPA/Abaca Press/TNS)

(FILES) This file photo taken in Tripoli on June 29, 2019 shows fighters loyal to the internationally-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) displaying Chinese-made shells bearing the markings of the United Arab Emirates (left side on the box), which were reportedly seized from forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar in Gharyan, 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Tripoli. - From buying an Irish navy boat re-registered as a "pleasure yacht" to enlisting a Canadian firm to recruit Sudanese fighters -- Libya's warring parties are running rings around a UN arms embargo. Drones, armoured vehicles, anti-tank missiles -- more and more sophisticated arms have been delivered to the two camps in recent months. The report accuses the UAE of delivering a Russian aerial defence system (Pantsir-S1) to Haftar's forces. (Photo by - / AFP)

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2017 file photo, Libyan militia commander General Khalifa Hifter, top center, listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, bottom center, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia. Officials in Libya’s U.N.-backed administration say they plan to present evidence to Moscow of Russian mercenaries fighting alongside their adversary in their country’s war. Libyan officials say up to 800 fighters from the Russian private security contractor Wagner Group have joined the forces of Hifter, the commander of forces battling for months trying to capture Libya’s capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

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The Tripoli-based government blamed the air strike on the Libyan National Army
Fighting has threatened to plunge Libya into violent chaos rivalling the 2011 conflict



Forces allied with the internationally recognised Government of National Accord described Saturday’s attack as ‘an aerial bombing’ launched by their eastern rivals.


Air strike on Libyan military academy kills at least 30

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} The Tripoli-based government blamed the air strike on the Libyan National Army Fighting has threatened to plunge Libya into violent chaos rivalling the 2011 conflict

The Tripoli-based government blamed the air strike on the Libyan National Army

Fighting has threatened to plunge Libya into violent chaos rivalling the 2011 conflict