UN Envoy: Foreign Military Intervention In Libya Will Make The Situation Worse

A man pulls a wheelbarrow past destroyed buildings after clashes between military forces loyal to Libya's eastern government and Islamist fighters, in Benghazi, Libya, Feb. 28, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/ESAM OMRAN AL-FETORI

IBTimes: Libya War Update: Foreign Military Intervention Will Worsen Humanitarian Crisis, UN Envoy Warns

Military intervention in war-ravaged Libya will only worsen an already dismal humanitarian crisis, the United Nations envoy to the North African state said Wednesday. The warning comes weeks after the U.S. launched airstrikes in the northwest, killing 49 militants affiliated with the Islamic State group.

"Any military intervention or internal fighting inside Libyan territory will exacerbate the humanitarian situation there; this means more displacement and more destruction," Ali Zaatari, the U.N.’s humanitarian coordinator and deputy envoy to Libya, told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency. "The urgent issue now is to quickly address the humanitarian crisis in Libya."

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WNU Editor: This is one of those situations where you are damned if you do, and damned if you don't. My prediction .... the Europeans will intervene only if the U.S. steps up, but the Obama administration is not going to do anything .... they are going to leave the Libyan mess to the next administration.