Flights resumed on Friday at Tripoli airport as businesses and markets reopened after days of deadly fighting between armed groups in the Libyan capital. A string of executive orders had sought to ...

Tripoli International Airport partially reopened on Tuesday, May 20, for private and medical flights, marking a symbolic step ...

Control of Tripoli International Airport changed hands Saturday evening, after an alliance of Islamist militias from around Libya seized the reins from a rival group. Fighting was intense and ...

Rival Libyan militias battled for Tripoli International Airport on Sunday, leaving nine people dead and 25 others wounded, the government said. Shelling was threatening civilians as violence ...

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Tripoli is a city accustomed to eruptions of ... Jamal Ramadan, 42, whose house is less than three miles from the old airport, decided to flee. “We could hear heavy shelling and gunshots ...

The government also said that 90 percent of the aircraft at the airport were hit in the shelling ... The fighting was some of the most intense seen in Tripoli since longtime dictator Moammar ...

after a senior commander from the 444 brigade was detained by the rival group at a Tripoli airport. Prime Minister Dbeibah also indicated the possibility of taking "other measures" against the two ...

The closure of Tripoli international airport after a rocket barrage destroyed planes and the control tower is the latest twist in a battle between Islamists and the forces of former general ...

Khalifa Haftar carried out an airstrike against the Libyan capital’s only functioning airport, as the rogue military commander defied U.S. calls to halt an assault on Tripoli. Mr. Haftar ...

TRIPOLI — Libyan rebels claimed victory over a suburb near Tripoli's airport today after an overnight battle as the opposition moves to solidify its hold on the capital while fighting Moammar ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Clashes broke out between rival Libyan militias at Tripoli's international airport on Monday after gunmen drove armed pickup trucks onto the tarmac and surrounded planes ...