Wednesday night’s rocket fire killed a guard and wounded several security agents tasked with protecting the airport
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Flights from Mitiga airport were suspended for several hours Sunday after rocket fire hit the airport
The GNA blamed Haftar’s forces for the attack against the airport, and for a separate alleged attack in the Soug al-Jomaa district of Tripoli.
Forces battling for control of Libya’s capital agreed to a truce Saturday, on the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha
Two members of the UN mission were killed and at least eight others wounded including a child, by a car bomb.
GNA said it “accepted a humanitarian truce for Eid al-Adha,” which will be celebrated in Libya on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
The GNA condemned the attack on its Facebook page, also blaming it on Haftar’s forces
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Haftar’s forces launched an offensive in April to wrest Tripoli from forces backing the internationally-recognised GNA
Pro-GNA forces have weathered the initial onslaught and since then fighting has remained