Armed clashes in Tripoli, airport closed
Armed clashes broke out in Libya's capital Tripoli closing down the
city's main working airport, local residents and an official said on
Sunday.
Tripoli has been mostly calm since the Libya Dawn force,
an armed faction allied to the city of Misrata, took over the capital in
the summer and set up its own government in rivalry to Prime Minister
Abdullah al-Thinni.
It was not immediately clear who was involved
in Sunday's fighting, and there was no confirmation from health
authorities of any casualties.
A spokesperson for the civil
aviation authority said Mitiga airport had been closed because of the
security situation. Mitiga has operated as the capital's main airport
since fighting in the summer damaged and shut Tripoli international
airport.
Thinni's
internationally-recognised government and the elected House of
Representatives are holed up in the eastern city of Tobruk, and the two
factions are now vying for control over Libya and its oil resources.
In
the three years since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has struggled
to overcome instability with heavily armed rival factions who once
fought side by side to oust the autocrat now competing for power.
Source: news24.com
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