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TRIPOLI, Aug. 18-- Libya's east-based army on Sunday launched 13 airstrikes around the Misurata air base belonging to the UN-backed government. A total of "13 airstrikes by our air force destroyed an ongoing project of a Turkish base around the Misurata air college," the east-based army's information office said in a statement. The statement, however, did not reveal details about possible human casualties. Social media showed footage of rockets falling near Misurata air base. The UN-backed government has been engaged in a deadly armed conflict since early April in and around the capital Tripoli against the east-based army, which is trying to take over the city and overthrow the government. The east-based army is allied with the east-based government, as the North African nation is politically divided between eastern and western governments. Libya has been struggling to make a democratic transition amid insecurity and chaos ever since the fall of former late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011. | 
