Crisis: Libya’s Mitiga airport re-opens after air strike - Report
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Tue, 23 Jul 2019 || Libya,
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s Mitiga airport in capital Tripoli has been re-opened to air traffic on Tuesday after an air strike, according to a post on its Facebook page.
Mitiga is the only working airport in Tripoli, which has been under attack for three months by the eastern-based Libyan National Army commanded by Khalifa Haftar.
CEOAfrica gathered that Mitiga airport halted air traffic on Monday after the facility was attacked in an air strike, according to a post on the airport authority’s Facebook page.
Libya has been torn by violence and political instability since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011.
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