Militia Fighting Over Control of Tripoli Airport Kills 22

Libya says 22 people were killed in a day of fighting in Tripoli between rival militias vying to take control of the capital's international airport. The interim government announced the death toll Sunday from the fighting the day before between Islamist militias from the coastal city of Misrata and the mountain town of Zintan, combatants who once fought side by side to oust longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The government said the "heavily armed groups"...

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