Tripoli Airport

A Libyan airliner has narrowly escaped being hit by incoming fire as it landed at war-torn capital Tripoli's sole functioning airport, aviation officials said.

Nine people were killed on Monday when militiamen attacked the Libyan capital's international airport, the unity government's health ministry said.

Late last year I was sitting in Tripoli's foreign ministry when a guard drew a gun on a colleague next to me and then kicked him down a stairwell. His mistake? He had complained about a news conference being delayed.

The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a Tripoli-based Libyan government withdrew, a spokesman said today.

Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government today attacked the last functioning airport in Tripoli, the capital controlled by a rival administration, officials said.

Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport today just hours before United Nations-backed peace talks were due to start in Morocco.

Terrorists claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind today's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement.

An air strike hit the last functioning commercial airport in Libya's capital Tripoli for a second day running today, residents said, as a power struggle in the oil-rich nation intensified.

Deadly fighting between Islamist militias and forces backed by Libya's internationally recognised government on Sunday forced the closure of an airport in eastern Tripoli, military sources said.

The UN Security Council on Wednesday moved to impose sanctions on militias and their political supporters who are fueling Libya's escalating war.

Unidentified war planes attacked targets in Libya's capital Tripoli on Sunday, residents said, hours after forces from the city of Misrata said they had seized the main airport.

Libya's elected parliament has branded as "terrorists" the Islamist militias which announced their seizure of Tripoli airport after a weeks-long battle and are challenging its legitimacy.

Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.

Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.

A day of militia fighting for control of the international airport in Libya's capital Tripoli has killed 22 people, the interim government said Sunday.

A Libyan airliner has narrowly escaped being hit by incoming fire as it landed at war-torn capital Tripoli's sole functioning airport, aviation officials said.

Nine people were killed on Monday when militiamen attacked the Libyan capital's international airport, the unity government's health ministry said.

Late last year I was sitting in Tripoli's foreign ministry when a guard drew a gun on a colleague next to me and then kicked him down a stairwell. His mistake? He had complained about a news conference being delayed.

The Islamic State jihadist group has seized control of the airport in the city of Sirte after forces of a Tripoli-based Libyan government withdrew, a spokesman said today.

Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government today attacked the last functioning airport in Tripoli, the capital controlled by a rival administration, officials said.

Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport today just hours before United Nations-backed peace talks were due to start in Morocco.

Terrorists claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind today's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement.

An air strike hit the last functioning commercial airport in Libya's capital Tripoli for a second day running today, residents said, as a power struggle in the oil-rich nation intensified.

Deadly fighting between Islamist militias and forces backed by Libya's internationally recognised government on Sunday forced the closure of an airport in eastern Tripoli, military sources said.

The UN Security Council on Wednesday moved to impose sanctions on militias and their political supporters who are fueling Libya's escalating war.

Unidentified war planes attacked targets in Libya's capital Tripoli on Sunday, residents said, hours after forces from the city of Misrata said they had seized the main airport.

Libya's elected parliament has branded as "terrorists" the Islamist militias which announced their seizure of Tripoli airport after a weeks-long battle and are challenging its legitimacy.

Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli's main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.

Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.

A day of militia fighting for control of the international airport in Libya's capital Tripoli has killed 22 people, the interim government said Sunday.