Hani Amara | Reuters
Air connections between the capital of Tripoli and the outside world are in jeopardy after clashes between secular and Islamist militants at the Tripoli airport led to 90% of the planes parked there being destroyed yesterday, according to Al-Jazeera.
Dozens of rockets were fired throughout the airport Monday, killing a security guard and injuring six others, per the Guardian. A security official told the Guardian the control tower was hit along with a plane that belonged to Buraq Airlines, a private Libyan carrier.
It's another sign of Libya's disintegration in the years after the overthrow of dictator Muammar Gadaffi in 2011. Since then, militias have routinely battled for major cities, and the prime minister was even briefly kidnapped last year.
Pictures from the airport flooded social media Monday, and the scene looked like something out of a Call of Duty game.
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Well.. #tripoliairport #libya pic.twitter.com/vTGGSfUOxs
- ???? (@byousef95) July 13, 2014
90% of aircraft destroyed at Tripoli airport, Libya may seek international assistance http://t.co/OEgQ7tyifZ pic.twitter.com/REQht3XeKf
- RT (@RT_com) July 15, 2014
Most European airlines cancel their flights to Tripoli, Libya airport because of several attacks this week. pic.twitter.com/9d9wK0LIMn
- PlanesAroundTheGlobe (@Planesonearth) July 15, 2014
#Libya: Photo of jet just hit by attackers at Tripoli airport. (Photo from Zintan) pic.twitter.com/4SkM6IsE0S
- James Wheeler (@wheelertweets) July 14, 2014