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Libya considers call for help after rocket attacks close Tripoli airport

Libya’s government is considering calling for international forces to help re-establish security after deadly clashes closed Tripoli airport, severing air links with the outside world.

The country’s airport – closed due to the fighting between liberal and Islamist militias – came under renewed attack late on Monday when dozens of rockets were fired, killing a security guard and injuring six others, officials said.

Al-Jilani al-Dahech, a security official at Tripoli airport, said the control tower was hit along with a plane belonging to private Libyan carrier Buraq Airlines…

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