{"id":21724,"date":"2019-04-24T08:23:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T00:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=21724"},"modified":"2019-04-24T08:24:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T00:24:54","slug":"libyan-govt-claims-control-of-most-of-tripoli-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=21724","title":{"rendered":"Libyan govt claims control of most of Tripoli airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/libya-large-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21725\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/libya-large-1024x615.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/libya-large-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/libya-large-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/libya-large-600x360.jpg 600w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/libya-large.jpg 1839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> <br>Photo courtesy of Anadolu<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>TRIPOLI, April 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) &#8211; Forces belonging to Libya\u2019s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said Monday they had seized control of a large part of Tripoli International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development follows clashes with forces loyal to eastern Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar, Mustafa al-Mecei, the spokesman for the military operation, told Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After securing the capital, Tripoli, GNA forces would move towards the points where Haftar&#8217;s forces were spotted in Libya&#8217;s western region, Mecei said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haftar\u2019s forces claimed earlier this month to have taken full control of Tripoli International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since early April, Haftar has been launching a campaign to capture Tripoli, where the GNA is headquartered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 254 people have been killed and hundreds injured in recent clashes on the outskirts of Tripoli, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Libya has remained beset by turmoil since long-serving leader Muammar Gaddafi was ousted and killed in a bloody NATO-backed uprising in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, the country has seen the emergence of two rival seats of power: one in eastern Libya, to which Haftar is affiliated, and another in Tripoli, which enjoys UN recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRIPOLI, April 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) &#8211; Forces belonging to Libya\u2019s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said Monday they had seized control of a large part of Tripoli International Airport. The development follows clashes with forces loyal to eastern Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar, Mustafa al-Mecei, the spokesman for the military operation, told Anadolu Agency. After securing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":21725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,297],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21724"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}