At least 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in fighting between armed groups in Tripoli, the health ministry said Saturday, following the latest politically driven violence to hit the Libyan capital. The clashes were between two armed groups with major clout in the west of the war-torn country: the Al-Radaa force and the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade. Several sources said one group’s detention of a fighter belonging to the other had sparked the fighting, which extended to several districts of the capital. “All the wounded received medical care in hospitals” in Tripoli, the health ministry said in a statement. Mitiga, the capital’s sole functioning airport, was closed for several hours on Friday before it reopened late in the day.

Source: Libya Today July 24, 2022 11:18 UTC