LIBYA-SECURITY/AIRSTRIKE Warplanes hit Tripoli airport before UN talks start

Record ID: 341980

  • Title: LIBYA-SECURITY/AIRSTRIKE Warplanes hit Tripoli airport before UN talks start
  • Date: 5th March 2015
  • Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (MARCH 5, 2015) (REUTERS) VIEW OF MAITIGA AIRPORT AIRPORT/PLANE TAXING ON RUNWAY/ SOUND OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE GUNFIRE BLACK SMOKE RISING IN DISTANCE NEAR THE AIRPORT VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING/CAR HORN BLARING BLACK SMOKE RISING VIEW OF AIRPORT/BLACK SMOKE RISING
  • Embargoed: 20th March 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAEZ2JCOE073JIIM1CD9PVEZXDE
  • Story Text: Warplanes from Libya's internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport, a security official said on Thursday (March 5), just hours before United Nations-backed peace talks were due to start in Morocco.
    The jets hit an open area near the runway at Maitiga airport but caused no major damage and the airport was operating normally, a security source at the airport said. The government did not immediately confirm the attack.
    Libya has two rival governments with armed forces battling for control. Delegates from the two factions are holding U.N.-backed peace talks in Morocco on Thursday to try to resolve the crisis.
    The growing influence of Islamist militants and the escalating conflict between rival governments are worrying Western powers, who fear Libyan chaos will spill over its borders and make the country a safe haven for militants.
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