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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Libya’s Mitiga Airport Reopens after Brief Closure

The interior of Mitiga airport is seen empty following clashes, in Tripoli, Libya, September 4, 2018. (Reuters)

Air traffic resumed at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport on Tuesday after a brief closure prompted by renewed clashes in the Libyan capital.

Rockets were fired at the facility’s directions, forcing its initial closure, officials said.

Mitiga airport, a former air base used for commercial flights since the main international airport was destroyed in 2014 by militia fighting, said in a notice that traffic was resuming.

It has closed and opened several times since the flare-up in violence in late August.

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