Tripoli's International Airport Has Turned Into A Surreal Battleground [PHOTOS]
What's being called the worst fighting since the country's 2011 revolution is gripping Libya, and the capital's international airport is one of the prime battlegrounds.
Last Monday, clashes between secular and Islamist militants at Tripoli's central airport left the place in ruins, reportedly destroying 90% of the aircraft parked there.
Fighting has continued throughout the week, with clashes intensifying within the past two days. Forty-seven people have been killed, with 120 more injured in the fighting through Saturday, reports the Libya Herald.
Hani Amara | Reuters
The Herald also reports that five more people died, and 20 were wounded, in fighting on Sunday.
Hani Amara | Reuters
The pictures of the chaos have been flooding Twitter:
#Tripoli airport destroyed by clashing militias,47 killed, ICRC withdraws staff. Clashes in #Benghazi kill 16. #Libya pic.twitter.com/bECDqbHRBp
- Live From Mogadishu (@Daudoo) July 22, 2014
.@FlightDKM: Nice while it lasted. Libyan's first #Airbus A330-200, trashed at Tripoli after just a year. pic.twitter.com/NCo7M78sSY
- Benet Wilson (@AvQueenBenet) July 22, 2014
State of the art Airbus A330 totally destroyed today at Tripoli International Airport. Only 2 years old #Tripoli pic.twitter.com/ENsPkgQXse
- O AlBarghathi (@LibyanPilot) July 20, 2014
Fight for Tripoli Airport between rival Libyan Militias leaves 47 dead in one week. via @AP http://t.co/yBRT2IuUaI pic.twitter.com/RtJDko9U7v
- Tarek Fatah ????? (@TarekFatah) July 21, 2014
This is the scene at the Tripoli airport, which is now a battleground in Libya: http://t.co/QKHOI8lFpZ pic.twitter.com/xXctdqIwfS
- Mashable (@mashable) July 22, 2014
Libyan CRJ 900 next generation in flames earlier today #Tripoli airport pic.twitter.com/Ew0Ofbi4hF
- O AlBarghathi (@LibyanPilot) July 20, 2014
The foreign minister of Libya's interim government recently told the U.N. Security Council that his country is in danger of becomming a "failed state," and leaders have hinted that international forces might be needed to stabilize the situation.
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