TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's government said more than 20 people had been killed in the latest battles between factions seeking to control Tripoli airport on Sunday, while fighting led to a huge fire raging nearby at the city's fuel depot.
Rival factions allied to brigades from the towns of Misrata and Zintan have been fighting for nearly three weeks over control of the capital's airport in the worst violence since the 2011 NATO-backed civil war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.
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