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title: "Libya's Mitiga airport halts air traffic after air strike - statement"
description: "Cairo, July 22 (Reuters) - The Libyan capital Tripoli's Mitiga airport halted air traffic on Monday after the facility was attacked in an air strike, according to a post on the airport authority's Facebook page."
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# Libya's Mitiga airport halts air traffic after air strike - statement

> Cairo, July 22 (Reuters) - The Libyan capital Tripoli's Mitiga airport halted air traffic on Monday after the facility was attacked in an air strike, according to a post on the airport authority's Facebook page.

By Reuters · Published 23 July 2019, 00:33 SAST

## Content

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)