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Tripoli: the airport is still closed

Clashes in the city continue with anti-government militias

The Libyan government of Fayez al-Sarraj has closed all flights to and from the Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli since Saturday, diverting all air traffic to the airport of Misurata considered more secure. This is because from the weekends go on hard fights in the capital of Libya, which see the armed anti-government militias firing mortar shots towards the city center, so much so that two of...

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Tripoli, Libya, 09/03/2018 17:18
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