New rocket attack on Tripoli airport

Libya's main international airport has been hit by a new rocket attack a day after fighting forced it to close.
The wreckage of a truck and an airplane are seen at Tripoli international airport in the Libyan capital on July 14
Several vehicles and aircraft were damaged in Sunday's fighting

Images showed an astronomically immense passenger plane in flames after reportedly being struck by a Grad rocket at Tripoli airport on Monday. At least seven people were killed near the airport on Sunday.

The UN has promulgated that it will withdraw all its staff from Libya.

Libyan bellwethers have struggled to bring stability to the country since Muammar Gaddafi was abstracted from power in 2011.

A security source told the BBC that the airport was assailed by a "astronomically immense number of rockets, including Grad rockets" on Monday evening.

There are no reports of casualties in Monday's assailment, but at least one aircraft is believed to have been eradicated.

All flights to and from the airport have been suspended until at least Wednesday.

The fighting has led the United Nations to promulgate the withdrawal of all its staff from Libya.

"The mission concluded that it would not be possible to perpetuate its work ... while at the same time ascertaining the security and safety of its staff" the UN verbally expressed in a verbal expression.

Airports closed
Tripoli international airport, 30km (18 miles) south of the capital, is Libya's main convey link with the outside world.

The country's second-most immensely colossal airport in Benghazi has been closed for two months. Misrata airport, the only remaining airport with customary international flights, was withal closed on Monday.
Burnt vehicles are seen in the compound of Tripoli international airport in the Libyan capital on July 14

An coalition of militia groups have been endeavoring to dislodge rebels from the Zintan region who have controlled Tripoli airport for at least two years.

Analysts verbalize the revolters are visually perceived by Libyans as both a mystical enchantment and an imprecation. On the one hand, in the absence of an efficacious army, they provide security across much of the country and forfend the borders.

On the other, they have been inculpated of human rights abuses, unlawful detention and of taking the law into their own hands.

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