Tripoli: Days after claiming that the Tripoli-based government had targeted his home, the lawmaker said that drone strikes in Libya had killed at least two people and injured others, including the MP's nephew.

The attacks near Zawiya, a city in western Yemen, were a part of a campaign the authorities claimed was aimed at smuggling networks.

The Government of National Unity (GNU), which has its headquarters in Tripoli, is accused by lawmakers in the eastern part of the country of attacking Ali Bouzribah's home.

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On Sunday night, Libya's Al-Ahrar channel reported that drone strikes had hit locations in the Al-Maya port close to Zawiya for the second straight day.

A video of a burning boat in a port with a tall column of black smoke rising from it was broadcast on television. In a Facebook post, Bouzribah claimed that the strikes on Sunday had left his nephew injured and two other men dead.

Social media users shared pictures and videos of the deceased as well as the lawmaker's injured nephew lying in a hospital bed. The attacks were directed at Al-Maya, a small port between Zawiya and the capital that has recently witnessed numerous clashes between competing militias.

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Prior to lawmakers accusing the GNU of targeting Bouzribah's home on Friday, the GNU, which is mediated by the UN, had launched strikes near the same port on Thursday, claiming they were targeting drug, fuel, and people smugglers.

Armed groups have been fighting for control and influence in Libya for more than ten years, with impunity, ever since a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed strongman Muammar Qaddafi in 2011 ended.

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The heavily armed nation of North Africa is divided between the ostensibly interim Tripoli government in the west and another in the east supported by the legislature and military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Armed groups have taken advantage of the chaos to finance their operations through the illegal trafficking of migrants and fuel