A damaged aircraft is pictured after a shelling at Tripoli International Airport July 15, 2014.REUTERS/Hani Amara
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Twenty aircraft were damaged by shelling at Libya's main airport in the worst fighting in the capital Tripoli in months as rival militia battled for control, officials said on Wednesday.
Tripoli International Airport became a battlefield at the weekend when a militia launched an attack to try to take control from a rival armed group, part of the turmoil in Libya three years after Muammar Gaddafi was toppled.
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