TRIPOLI, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Libyan air force of the eastern-based army on Saturday evening carried out air strikes that killed and wounded a number of terrorists in the eastern city of Darna, a military source said.
"The air force carried out air strikes targeting a number of sites where terrorists were holed up. A munitions storehouse and a number of armed vehicles were targeted in the eastern and western Sheha areas (of Darna)," a source in the army's Darna operation chamber told Xinhua.
"A number of terrorists were killed and injured. We have heard from through our radios a distress call by the terrorists for ambulances," the source said.
The source also pointed out that two civilians were killed by random gunfire in clashes between the army forces and militants in Darna.
The UN Support Mission in Libya on Friday said that at least 17 civilians have been killed and 22 others wounded in Darna over the past two weeks, as a result of the fighting between the army and the militants.
The mission confirmed that some 125,000 people in Darna were suffering from power blackouts and water shortage.
It appealed to all parties in Darna to "allow unfettered and safe access of humanitarian workers and needed assistance."
The army, led by General Khalifa Haftar, has been besieging Darna since 2015, demanding that the Shura Council of the Mujahideen, a coalition of Islamist militias, to leave. The army accuses the armed group of being loyal to al-Qaida.
