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Libya: Mitiga airport has been attacked again

A civilian plane escaped the bombing

On August 4, while a Mitiga airport was attacked, a civilian plane coming from Benghazi with 124 passengers on board, miraculously escaped the bombing. To allow the movements, the air traffic has been moved towards the Misurata airport until the resumption of the functionality of the Mitiga airport in the evening. From April 4, Tripoli is a victim of the offensive of General Khalifa Haftar for which...

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Tripoli, Libya, 08/05/2019 14:43
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Today, July 23rd, the General Khalid Haftar and his Army in Libya hit the Mitiga International Airport with BM-21 Grad missiles: it is the beginning of a new battle to conquer Tripoli. The airport authority... more

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