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Fighting Grips Tripoli As Libya Faces New Violence Among Rivals

On Monday, Khalifa Haftar's force hit Tripoli's lone functioning civilian airport. The U.N.'s Humanitarian Affairs office says, "Clashes with heavy weapons are affecting residential areas."
Forces loyal to the internationally recognized Libyan Government of National Accord drive through Tripoli's old airport on Monday. Elsewhere, Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces struck the city's lone functioning civilian airport, part of his offensive against the capital.

Rapidly escalating violence is limiting civilians' ability to travel in and out of Libya's capital. An airstrike on Tripoli's international airport Monday and other recent clashes have now forced some 3,400 people to leave their homes, according to the U.N.'s Humanitarian Affairs office.

"Clashes with heavy weapons are affecting residential areas, and an unknown additional.

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