(20 Aug 2015) Libya's internationally-recognised prime minister said on Wednesday he wanted allied countries to carry out airstrikes against local Islamic State group (IS) affiliates but does not want foreign ground troops, Arab or otherwise.
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said in an interview with the Associated Press that his government urgently needed weapons and other support to battle the Islamic State group in Libya, and felt let down by the international community.
Al-Thinni's government has been campaigning for the United Nations to lift an arms embargo in place since the 2011 revolt that overthrew and killed Moammar Gadhafi.
Libya is now split between al-Thinni's government in the far east and a rival Islamist militia-backed government in the capital, Tripoli.
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