UNITED NATIONS, Dhu-AlHijjah 7, 1436, Sep 21, 2015, SPA -- The U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Sunday strongly condemned the military escalation in Benghazi and called for an immediate ceasefire. “The timing of airstrikes clearly aims at undermining the ongoing efforts to end the conflict,” a statement from the mission said of Saturday’s escalation. The statement noted that Benghazi has suffered for too long, with too many civilians having been killed or wounded and more than 100,000 having been displaced by the conflict that has engulfed the city for more than a year. The airstrikes are “a clear attempt to undermine and derail the ongoing efforts to end the conflict” at a time when the negotiations currently taking place in Skhirat, Morocco, have entered “a final and most critical stage,” UNSMIL said. --SPA 21:21 LOCAL TIME 18:21 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w