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Tripoli Airport: rebel militias occupy the infrastructure

Flights diverted to Misrata

Once finished the Palermo conference organized by the Government to try to find a political solution to the conflict in Libya, rebel militiamen of the 7th Brigade announced that they had conquered and occupied the Tripoli airport. After the repeated closures at the end of August and the beginning of September, once again the flight operations of the aircraft to Tripoli are suspended until an agreement...

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Tripoli, Libya, 11/15/2018 12:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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