No further details were given. Mitiga is the only working airport in Tripoli, which has been under attack for three months by the eastern-based Libyan National Army commanded by Khalifa Haftar.
(Reporting By Ayman al-Warfalli, Writing by Ahmed Tolba, Samar Ahmed, Editing by William Maclean)

Libyan strongman Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar who heads the self-styled Libyan National Army. (Photo: EPA / Jamal Nasrallah)