DHAKA: Unidentified war planes may have carried out overnight air strikes on the Libyan capital Tripoli.

Local media say, reports the BBC.

Residents reported seeing jets fly over the city and hearing explosions.

The government said it did not have any ‘convincing indications to establish which side was behind this’.

The country has been by gripped by fighting between rival militias that spearheaded the 2011 uprising against long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi.

The violence has been centred around the international airport in Tripoli and in the eastern city of Benghazi.

On Monday, several Libyan TV channels said planes had targeted bases of militiamen from Misrata who have been battling brigades from the western Zintan region to gain control of Tripoli.

BDST: 2202 HRS, AUG 18, 2014