Libya: Libya’s Dawn militia claims control of Tripoli airport
An Islamist Libyan militia on Sunday said it had captured the main airport in the capital Tripoli from a rival militia.
“The forces of Libya’s Dawn have been able to enter the airport after taking control of the strategic Naqlia base,” Alaa al-Heweik, a spokesperson for the militia, told independent Libyan broadcaster al-Nabaa. His claims could not be independently verified.
“Clashes are still going on at several other sites,” he added without elaborating.
The self-styled Libya’s Dawn militia is part of the Islamist-allied Misrata fighters’ movement, who have been trying since mid-July to seize the Tripoli International airport from the Zintan militia that is close to the country’s centrist political groups.