On 26 June, David Axe published an article on The Daily Beast analysing a report by the Washington D.C. based New America Foundation and Airwars.org, an air-strike-tracking project affiliated with the University of London. The article explores the subject of the air war which has been taking place in Libya since the beginning of the turmoil in the country in 2011, drawing on a recent statement released by U.S Africa Command (AFRICOM) on 20 June refuting claims of civilian casualties from drone strikes near Bani Walid on 5 June that the US says killed four ISIS members. According to Axe, the New America Foundation and Airwars.org research demonstrates that a great number of airstrikes have been conducted by various Libyan factions and foreign countries between September 2012 and mid-June 2018, causing several hundreds of casualties throughout the country. The report argues that the various Libyan factions and foreign countries that have conducted the airstrikes have claimed responsibility for just half of the attacks.
Aerial warfare in Libya