Libya Escalation: Warplane Bombs Tripoli’s Airport
- PressTV Published on Apr 8, 2019
A warplane has pounded the Libyan capital Tripoli’s only functioning airport as fighting rages on for the control of the city. Officials say Mitiga Airport was closed and passengers were forced to leave the terminal following the attack. No casualties have been reported. Neither side of the country’s rival forces has yet claimed responsibility for the incident. The United Nations has denounced the airstrike, blaming renegade General Khalifa Haftar’s forces for the attack. Meanwhile, EU foreign policy Chief Federica Mogherini has called for a full implementation of humanitarian truce in the oil-rich country.
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