Gunmen launch new assault on #Libya airport
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Islamist militiamen on Sunday stepped up their assault on Libya’s main airport, two days after the collapse of a truce with rival ex-rebels who control the facility, a security official said. Local residents said the upsurge in violence killed at least one civilian when a rocket hit a house in the capital’s Qasr Ben Gheshir district near Tripoli international airport. “The airport was attacked this morning with mortar rounds, rockets and tank fire,” airport security official al-Jilani al-Dahesh told AFP. “It was the most intense bombardment so far.” read more