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Tripoli airport closes again after rocket fire

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15:56 - 22/01/2020 Çarşamba
Update: 15:57 - 22/01/2020 Çarşamba
REUTERS
An Afriqiyah Airways plane is seen before take off after the reopening of Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, Libya December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
An Afriqiyah Airways plane is seen before take off after the reopening of Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, Libya December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

The only functioning airport in Libya's capital Tripoli closed on Wednesday after rockets were fired towards it, the airport said in a statement.

A plane coming from Tunis trying to land at Tripoli's Mitiga airport had been diverted to Misrata, a city about 200km (125 miles) east of Tripoli, the airport said on its website.

Mitiga had only reopened on Jan. 14 after months of closure following repeated air strikes, part of a nine-month campaign by eastern forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar to seize Tripoli from the internationally recognised government.

#Libya
#Mitiga Airport
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