Libya strikes migrant smuggling boats in NW port


TRIPOLI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Libya's Ministry of Defense, under the UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU), announced on Friday that it targeted several boats used for smuggling illegal migrants in northwestern Libya.

According to a post by the state-run Libya National TV on social media platform Facebook, the airstrikes, conducted inside Zuwara Port, about 120 km west of the capital Tripoli, were carried out with precision and without causing any human casualties.

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