Heavy fighting between militias with anti-aircraft guns and rocket-propelled grenades has broken out near the airport of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Islamist militias attacked the rival Zintan group, which controls Libya’s international airport in Tripoli, triggering fierce clashes that halted flights, officials said.
The exchanges with heavy weapons, which rival armed groups retain from the 2011 Nato-backed uprising that toppled the longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi, were heard in the city centre, 15 miles (25km) away.
British Airlines and Turkish Airways cancelled their flights, while thick smoke could be seen near the airport, residents said…
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