The conflict in Libya intensifies: fighter planes bombed the airport of Tripoli

Tripoli International Airport in Libya, was bombed on Monday by fighter planes, according to authorities, amid an offensive launched by the leader Khalifa Haftar against the Government of National Unity (GNA) supported by the international community.

A source at Mitiga Airport security services, the only operation of the two in the Libyan capital, told the agency AFP that no one has yet attributed the attack, which caused damage to the track without causing casualties.

While the closing of the air station, according to the newspaper Haaretz. The images circulating on the social networks showed a plane firing rockets at Mitiga, although its veracity can not be proved.

Meanwhile on the outskirts of Tripoli Fierce fighting has been reported between the GNA soldiers and the troops of the Libyan National Army (ENL) led by Haftar. who are trying to take the capital.

On Thursday, the Marshal who controls a large part of the country, with a de facto capital in Tobruk, announced an offensive to seize Tripoli, the headquarters of the GNA led by Fayez al-Sarraj and that he has the support of the United Nations (UN).

Libya is in a state ofyears and the civil war since the revolution that overthrew the dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.

When the emerging government entered a new internal conflict in 2014, the Libyan House of Representatives settled in Tobruk with the support of the END, while the GNA remained in Tripoli. and both forces have since challenged power in the country.

The complex situation adds, moreover, the presence of Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) cells in the country.