TRIPOLI, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Spokesman of Libya's eastern-based army on Tuesday said the army's air force targeted a military camp of the UN-backed government's forces in the west of the capital Tripoli, as both sides continue fighting.
"The air force carried out four strikes, with assistance from the ground troops, most notably in western Tripoli. The strikes were accurate," army spokesman Ahmad al-Mismari told a press conference.
Mahmoud Faraj, field commander of the government, said the strikes caused no human casualties.
"The strikes were carried out by the air force of the army commander, but did not hit our troops in the camp. The strikes hit a location nearby without causing any human casualties," Faraj told Xinhua.
Earlier on Tuesday, al-Mismari said that the army had taken down a fighter jet of the government trying to attack an air base of the army in southern Libya.
The eastern-based army, led by Khalifa Haftar, has been leading a military campaign since early April to take over Tripoli from the UN-backed government.
The fighting has so far killed more than 260 people, injured more than 1,200 others, and forced more than 20,000 people to flee their homes, according to the World Health Organization.
Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition amid insecurity and chaos ever since the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.
