Mitiga Airport

Flights resumed at Mitiga airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday after a 4-month closure as part of the country’s efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Mitiga Aairport director Lutfi Al-Tabib told reporters…

UNSMIL has renewed its strong condemnation of attacks impacting civilians and civilian infrastructure in Tripoli, reiterating its call for those responsible for crimes under international law to be brought to justice."According to…

The forces under the command of Khalifa Haftar carried out Saturday heavy artillery shelling on Tripoli's Mitiga Airport and surrounding neighborhoods of Bab Benghashir and Sooq Al-Jumua as well as Abu Salim.The Libyan Health Ministry…

Tripoli's Mitiga Airport suspended flights for over 8 hours on Thursday after a rocket attack by Khalifa Haftar's forces, in a new violation of the ceasefire that was announced on January 12.The Ministry of Transportation of the…

The United Nations on Wednesday warned that forces loyal to Libya’s renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar are stopping aircraft from landing, hampering the world body’s aid and peace efforts.Speaking with reporters in New York, UN…

The Volcano of Rage Operation announced on Wednesday that Khalifa Haftar's forces bombed Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli, in a new breach of the ceasefire. Mohammed Gununu, the spokesman for the forces of the…

The Tripoli-based Mitiga Airport has reopened and the airliners have resumed flights from the capital after months of closure due to attacks by Khalifa Haftar's forces. On Thursday morning, the management of Mitiga Airport announced…

The Ministry of Transport of the UN-backed Libyan Government  of National Accord announced on Sunday that Mitiga Airport in the capital Tripoli will resume flights on December 12.A meeting was held to discuss the latest developments of…

Flights heading to the Libyan airport of Misurata were forced to divert on Sunday after air strikes carried out by warplanes loyal t  Khalifa Haftar, targeted Tripoli's only functioning airport Mitiga and Misurata Airport as well. The…

Despite the latest warning by the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame, Interior and Transportation Ministers upon reopening Mitiga Airport, Khalifa Haftar's forces, using foreign aircraft, carried out four airstrikes on Mitiga Airport on…

In a joint press conference in Tripoli, the Libyan Transportation and Interior Ministers Mild Matouq and Fathi Bashagha as well as the UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame announced the reopening of Tripoli's only operational airport, Mitiga,…

New airstrikes by Khalifa Haftar's forces, some say artillery shelling, have targeted Mitiga Airport in Tripoli, causing a lot of material damage, according to sources from Burkan Al-Ghadab Operation (Volcano of Rage Operation) of the…

The UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame has vowed in a joint press conference with the Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha and Transportation Minister Milad Matoug in Tripoli to send the incident of attacking Tripoli's Mitiga Airport to the…

Libya's Mitiga  Airport authorities said they had closed the only functional airport in the capital, Tripoli, a day after it was hit by shelling amid clashes between Libyan Army forces under GNA's command and Khalifa Haftar's forces.…

Khalifa Haftar's forces have targeted Mitiga Airport with heavy artillery shelling overnight, damaging parts of a Libyan Airlines plane and injuring four Libyan hajis (pilgrims).The shelling took place in the early hours of Sunday as a…

The U.S. Embassy in Libya expressed on Monday concern over attacks on civilian airports in western Libya, as the armed conflict between Libya's UN-backed government and the rival eastern-based Khalifa  Haftar's forces continues."In my…

Libya's Presidential Council (PC) condemned on Friday the attacks on airports in western Libya, as the armed conflict between the Government of National Accord and the eastern-based Khalifa Haftar's forces continues."The Presidential…

Khalifa Haftar's Air Force carried in the early hours of Thursday airstrikes - and some sources say artillery shelling - on Tripoli's Mitiga Airport, leaving massive fire inside the airport. The managment of the airport said at least…

The Embassy of the United States of America called on all parties in Libya to redouble their efforts to protect civilians and prevent damage to civilian infrastructure.The US embassy urged on Wednesday for an immediate de-escalation and…

The Libyan Transportation Ministry's deputy Hesham Boshakwat said the ministry will close the Airport of Zuwara city starting Sunday (August 04, 2019) and thus urged the UN envoy Ghassan Salame and UNSMIL officials to fly via Mitiga Airport…