Al Arabiya was the first Arab TV channel to enter the Tripoli International Airport on Thursday after being controlled by the Libyan rebels.
A rebel commander told Al Arabiya correspondent at the airport Khalil Weld Jdoud that Qaddafi forces had bombed planes at the airport.
According to Al Arabiya correspondent, fierce fighting was taking place between Qaddafi forces and the rebel fighters along the highway leading to the airport.