Libya Islamists launch new assault on Benghazi airport

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https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w4fBpEOhq6TBl8mWCi4ubg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/0f95ebf4ce9cb47fb05cc0d767bafd4ee3bbed73.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/libya-islamists-launch-assault-benghazi-airport-153507892.html)Islamist fighters launched a**ther offensive Wednesday on the airport in Libya's Benghazi, the final redoubt in the eastern city of an ex-general who has been waging war on them, an AFP correspondent said. The fighters of the Shura Revolutionary Council, which includes the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group, have been trying since early September to capture the facility, which houses both civilian and military airfields. Oil-rich Libya slid into chaos after Moamer Kadhafi was toppled in a NATO-backed uprising three years ago, with interim authorities confronting powerful militias that fought to oust the veteran dictator. On Wednesday, the AFP correspondent in Benghazi said heavy artillery fire could be heard since dawn in the southern suburb of Benina, where the airport is located.




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