Rival Libyan militias battled for control of the capital’s international airport on Sunday, fighting that killed at least three people, a security official said.
The weeklong fight over the airport is being waged by a powerful militia from the western city of Zintan, which controls the facility, and Islamist-led militias, including fighters from Misrata, east of Tripoli. The clashes resumed early on Sunday after cease-fire efforts failed.
A security official said the fighting killed two militiamen from Misrata and a civilian who died when a stray rocket hit his house. Tripoli is witnessing one of its worst spasms of violence since the ouster of longtime dictator Muammar Qadhafi.
