Liberating Tripoli International Airport from warlord Khalifa Haftar's militias will stop rocket attacks that claimed countless lives of women and children over the past year, said Libya's interior minister on Thursday.
Fathi Bashagha made the statements through the media office of Operation Burkan Al-Ghadab (Volcano of Rage) a day after the liberation of the capital’s airport from forces loyal to the renegade general.
The aggressors on the capital Tripoli deliberately committed war crimes, he said, accusing the militias of planting landmines in the houses of civilians, mosques, and even government buildings.
Forces loyal to Haftar are criminal agents, and "the country won't be at peace unless it gets rid of them," he added.
The media center also released photos of explosives used by Haftar’s forces.