The agreed temporary ceasefire around the Libyan capital Tripoli has been broken. The Mitiga airport was hit by rockets yesterday, as the administration of the airport announced. She posted photos on Facebook that show rising columns of smoke from the runway and parked planes.
The flight operations will be discontinued „until further notice,“ explained the airport management. The airport is under the control of the armed forces of the internationally recognized Libyan government. This was the troops of the rogue General Chalifa Haftar blame for the attacks.
Battle break during sacrificial festival
The Haftar militia had already broken the truce twice, said government spokesman Mustafa al-Meji the news agency AFP. Before the attacks on the airport, a house had already been attacked in Sug al-Shoma, a district of Tripoli. Three people were injured.
The Libyan government and the Haftar forces had agreed on Saturday in a requested by the United Nations pause during the three-day sacrificial feast, the highest Islamic holiday. The party started yesterday.
Offensive since April
Haftar’s troops had launched an offensive to conquer Tripoli in April. Government-loyal troops and units of Haftar have since fiercely fought each other for control of the capital. According to UN data, more than a thousand people have been killed so far. Haftar supports a counter-government in the east of the North African crisis state.
