(STL.News) There are reports a new rocket attack has been carried out on Mitiga International Airport in the capital, Tripoli.
It is understood a civilian plane belonging to Libya Airlines was hit as a result.
It comes after Libya‘s United Nations-recognized government launched air raids on a strategically important airbase held by renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar near Tripoli.
Soldiers failed in a ground assault on the base on Tuesday.