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Rebel planes attack Tripoli after militia claims control of airport

2014-08-24 130 Dailymotion

Libyan militia from the city of Misrata say they've seized the main airport in the capital Tripoli.<br/> <br />The fighters call themselves Operation Dawn.<br/> <br />They say they captured the main airport from a rival militia that hails from Zintan in western Libya.<br/> <br />Just hours later, unidentified rebel war planes attacked targets in the capital.<br/> <br />Residents there say they heard jets and explosions at dawn. Few details were immediately available.<br/> <br />The news comes after weeks of intensified clashes between militias.<br/> <br />Libya's seen its worst fighting since the NATO-backed campaign in 2011 that ousted former dictator Muammar Gaddafi.<br/> <br />Reuters wasn't able to immediately confirm the change of hands at Tripoli airport, but if it proves true, Libya faces the prospect of two competing parliaments.<br/> <br />Operation Dawn has called for the old General National Congress to be reinstated while the House of Representatives had already moved to the east to escape the fighting.<br/> <br />Add

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