Forces backing Libya’s unity government said Wednesday they had reseized the capital’s Tripoli International Airport, held since 2019 by rival forces backing Khalifa Haftar, in the latest in a string of defeats for the eastern-based military commander. “Our forces have fully liberated Tripoli international airport,” said Mohamad Gnounou, spokesman for forces backing the Government of National Accord (GNA). Libya’s main civilian airport, lying on the southern edge of the capital on a key highway leading into its centre, had been closed since being heavily damaged in 2014 clashes.
