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 ...

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, Libya – A group of disgruntled militiamen took over the country's main airport on Monday, storming it with heavy machine guns and armored vehicles and forcing airport authorities to ...

TRIPOLI, Libya - A militia shelled Tripoli airport, destroying 90 percent of planes parked there, a Libyan government spokesman said Tuesday as heavy fighting between armed groups prompted the ...

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 ...

TRIPOLI - Heavy fighting between militias with anti-aircraft guns and rocket propelled grenades broke out near the airport of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday, residents and witnesses said.

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 former rebel Zintan militia helped topple strongman Moamer Kadhafi in a 2011 NATO-backed uprising, and is now well established in Tripoli, controlling the airport and military sites.

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 ...