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Tripoli's Only Commercial Airport Targeted By 6 Missiles After Berlin 'Ceasefire' Fails

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

Wednesday's Libya headlines featured rocket attacks on Tripoli's only functioning international airport, forcing a temporary shutdown of the entire commercial hub. 

Authorities at Tripoli's Mitiga have said it's since reopened after being closed for an hour due to six military-grade Grad rockets being fired at the airport. A spokesman for the Government of National Accord (GNA) called the attack a "flagrant threat" air traffic safety and a "new violation" of the ceasefire. 

The GNA statement further blamed the "war criminal Haftar" for the attack, amid his Libyan National Army (LNA) continuing the months long offensive on the capital, part of a broader two-years long campaign to take the entire country and its oil. 

It has only been nine days since Mitiga airport's reopening following a truce with the LNA, which clearly didn't hold. In years past, Tripoli International Airport was the major international hub, but had in the years since the 2011 NATO war witnessed intense fighting in its vicinity, causing immense damage. Other than Mitiga, Tripoli residents are often forced to use Misrata Airport, about 125 miles away. 


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