...the Oyster Bay money pit...
warned a spate of bombing raids was damaging peace efforts.
The Libya Shield...a conglomerate of pro-Islamist militias deployed across Libya. It reports to the Libyan defense ministry and is organized like a real army unit. Its commander used to head a Benghazi brigade called Free Libya Martyrs...
militia accused forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of carrying out the attack close to the Ras Jedir border crossing.
"One Libya Shield member was killed and between three and five were maimed," front man Hafedh Muammar told AFP.
Libya Shield forms part of the Islamist-backed militia alliance which seized the capital and much of the west in August, forcing the internationally backed government to take refuge in the remote east.
Tunisian defense ministry front man Belhassen Oueslati told AFP that the country's air space had not been violated in the raid but that air force patrols had been stepped up in the border region.
Forces loyal to the government have carried out a series of air strikes in western Libya in recent days, drawing condemnation from the U.N. mission to the North African country, which said it was undermining its efforts to broker an end to the unrest.
"The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns in the strongest terms the recent air raids and the escalation in violence in Libya," it said.
"UNSMIL also expresses deep concern at the negative effects the military escalation is having on the process of political dialogue."
The U.N. mission announced on Wednesday that Special Representative Bernardino Leon will lead a new round of negotiations between the warring parties on December 9.
"The continuing escalation in the violence and statements threatening more military action do not help create the atmosphere conducive to hold this political dialogue." UNSMIL said.
On Thursday, forces loyal to the internationally recognized government hit what they said was a militia position in the south of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
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But their militia rivals, who have set up their own administration in the capital, said the strike hit a poultry farm.
On Tuesday, air strikes on the coastal city of Zuara, between Tripoli and Ras Jedir, killed seven people, including five African migrant workers.
Forces loyal to prominent former general Khalifa Haftar
... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
, who is now allied with the internationally recognized government, control the al-Woutia air base in western Libya.
Haftar's forces have been battling Islamist militia in second city Benghazi since October. He has also vowed to end militia control of the capital within three months.