بوابة الوسط
تدور في محيط منطقة بن يونس في السلماني الغربي وجزيرة كوبري المطار حاليًّا معارك ضارية بين «أنصار الشريعة» والقوات الخاصة في بنغازي.
وتخلو المدينة من مظاهر الحياة، بعد أن بدأت المعارك والاشتباكات فجر اليوم الاثنين بمحيط مستشفى الجلاء، حيث سيطر مسلحو «أنصار الشريعة» على المنطقة ومازالت أصوات تبادل إطلاق الرصاص تدوي حتى الساعة.
Agence France-Presse . Tripoli
- See more at: http://newagebd.net/30654/main-libya-airport-closed-as-rival-militias-clash/#sthash.pzCkgyVT.dpuf
Deadly clashes raged Sunday around Libya’s main international
airport, closing it down, as the anti-Islamist militia that control it
came under attack, airport officials said.
The exchanges of fire with heavy weapons killed at least six people and wounded 25, a health ministry official said.
It was not immediately known if civilians were among the casualties.
The assault on the Zintan militia which controls the airport by Islamist militants came after the UN pulled staff from Libya citing security reasons, and as the United States warned of further escalation.
An airport official said ‘rockets struck inside the airport perimeter around 6:00am’, followed by heavy clashes between the rival gunmen.
Loud explosions and heavy gunfire were heard in the city centre, 25 kilometres away, AFP correspondents reported.
An airport source said Zintan fighters pushed back the assailants but that clashes continued to rage around the facility, as the local people reported seeing tanks deploy and smoke billowing.
Authorities closed the airport for at least three days from Sunday after initially halting flights.
The former rebel Zintan militia helped topple strongman Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising, and is now well established in Tripoli, controlling the airport and military sites.
The exchanges of fire with heavy weapons killed at least six people and wounded 25, a health ministry official said.
It was not immediately known if civilians were among the casualties.
The assault on the Zintan militia which controls the airport by Islamist militants came after the UN pulled staff from Libya citing security reasons, and as the United States warned of further escalation.
An airport official said ‘rockets struck inside the airport perimeter around 6:00am’, followed by heavy clashes between the rival gunmen.
Loud explosions and heavy gunfire were heard in the city centre, 25 kilometres away, AFP correspondents reported.
An airport source said Zintan fighters pushed back the assailants but that clashes continued to rage around the facility, as the local people reported seeing tanks deploy and smoke billowing.
Authorities closed the airport for at least three days from Sunday after initially halting flights.
The former rebel Zintan militia helped topple strongman Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising, and is now well established in Tripoli, controlling the airport and military sites.
Agence France-Presse . Tripoli
- See more at: http://newagebd.net/30654/main-libya-airport-closed-as-rival-militias-clash/#sthash.pzCkgyVT.dpuf
Deadly clashes raged Sunday around Libya’s main international
airport, closing it down, as the anti-Islamist militia that control it
came under attack, airport officials said.
The exchanges of fire with heavy weapons killed at least six people and wounded 25, a health ministry official said.
It was not immediately known if civilians were among the casualties.
The assault on the Zintan militia which controls the airport by Islamist militants came after the UN pulled staff from Libya citing security reasons, and as the United States warned of further escalation.
An airport official said ‘rockets struck inside the airport perimeter around 6:00am’, followed by heavy clashes between the rival gunmen.
Loud explosions and heavy gunfire were heard in the city centre, 25 kilometres away, AFP correspondents reported.
An airport source said Zintan fighters pushed back the assailants but that clashes continued to rage around the facility, as the local people reported seeing tanks deploy and smoke billowing.
Authorities closed the airport for at least three days from Sunday after initially halting flights.
The former rebel Zintan militia helped topple strongman Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising, and is now well established in Tripoli, controlling the airport and military sites.
The exchanges of fire with heavy weapons killed at least six people and wounded 25, a health ministry official said.
It was not immediately known if civilians were among the casualties.
The assault on the Zintan militia which controls the airport by Islamist militants came after the UN pulled staff from Libya citing security reasons, and as the United States warned of further escalation.
An airport official said ‘rockets struck inside the airport perimeter around 6:00am’, followed by heavy clashes between the rival gunmen.
Loud explosions and heavy gunfire were heard in the city centre, 25 kilometres away, AFP correspondents reported.
An airport source said Zintan fighters pushed back the assailants but that clashes continued to rage around the facility, as the local people reported seeing tanks deploy and smoke billowing.
Authorities closed the airport for at least three days from Sunday after initially halting flights.
The former rebel Zintan militia helped topple strongman Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising, and is now well established in Tripoli, controlling the airport and military sites.
Agence France-Presse . Tripoli
- See more at: http://newagebd.net/30654/main-libya-airport-closed-as-rival-militias-clash/#sthash.pzCkgyVT.dpuf
Deadly clashes raged Sunday around Libya’s main international
airport, closing it down, as the anti-Islamist militia that control it
came under attack, airport officials said.
The exchanges of fire with heavy weapons killed at least six people and wounded 25, a health ministry official said.
It was not immediately known if civilians were among the casualties.
The assault on the Zintan militia which controls the airport by Islamist militants came after the UN pulled staff from Libya citing security reasons, and as the United States warned of further escalation.
An airport official said ‘rockets struck inside the airport perimeter around 6:00am’, followed by heavy clashes between the rival gunmen.
Loud explosions and heavy gunfire were heard in the city centre, 25 kilometres away, AFP correspondents reported.
An airport source said Zintan fighters pushed back the assailants but that clashes continued to rage around the facility, as the local people reported seeing tanks deploy and smoke billowing.
Authorities closed the airport for at least three days from Sunday after initially halting flights.
The former rebel Zintan militia helped topple strongman Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising, and is now well established in Tripoli, controlling the airport and military sites.
The exchanges of fire with heavy weapons killed at least six people and wounded 25, a health ministry official said.
It was not immediately known if civilians were among the casualties.
The assault on the Zintan militia which controls the airport by Islamist militants came after the UN pulled staff from Libya citing security reasons, and as the United States warned of further escalation.
An airport official said ‘rockets struck inside the airport perimeter around 6:00am’, followed by heavy clashes between the rival gunmen.
Loud explosions and heavy gunfire were heard in the city centre, 25 kilometres away, AFP correspondents reported.
An airport source said Zintan fighters pushed back the assailants but that clashes continued to rage around the facility, as the local people reported seeing tanks deploy and smoke billowing.
Authorities closed the airport for at least three days from Sunday after initially halting flights.
The former rebel Zintan militia helped topple strongman Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising, and is now well established in Tripoli, controlling the airport and military sites.
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