Libyan officials: Airstrike kills 7 workers in Tripoli

Libyan health authorities say an airstrike has slammed into a biscuit factory in the capital, Tripoli, killing at least seven workers including five foreign nationals and two Libyans.

Tripoli has been the scene of fighting since April between the self-styled Libyan National Army and an array of militias loosely allied with the UN-supported but weak government which holds the capital.

The Tripoli-based health ministry says the airstrike took place Monday in the capital's Wadi el-Rabie neighbourhood, just in the south of the city center.

Malek Merset, a spokesman with the ministry, says the airstrike also wounded at least 15 foreign workers.

Fighting has stalled in recent weeks, with both sides dug in and shelling one another along Tripoli's southern reaches.

The fighting has killed hundreds and displaced thousands of people.