Al-Wefaq Forces: We liberated Tripoli Airport and pursued remnants of the Haftar militia

A spokesman for the al-Wefaq government forces announced on Wednesday control of Tripoli International Airport, after fierce battles with the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter.

A spokesman for the Libyan reconciliation government forces, Colonel Pilot Mohammed Qanunu, said that Tripoli International Airport had been controlled and that elements of the Anger Volcano forces were chasing the elements of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar outside the airport, towards Qasr Bin Ghashir.

In a tweet on Twitter, the media center for the Operation Rage of Wrath said, "The liberation of Tripoli airport and our heroic forces are hunting the remnants of the Haftar militia, who are escaping from it towards Qasr Bin Ghashir."

During the past hours, forces of the Al-Wefaq government seized control of Khalah bin Aoun and most of the Ramle axis, and secured the vicinity of the Yarmouk camp south of Tripoli.
In conjunction with the airport battles, Al-Wefaq forces took control of the northern and northeastern areas of Qasr bin Ghashir, where violent clashes take place.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the reconciliation forces launched violent raids and used heavy artillery in an attempt to restore full control of this area.
The Qasr Bin Ghashir area is about 26 kilometers from Tripoli, and it is one of the main areas that Haftar forces relied on to supply its elements in the fighting axes south of Tripoli. If Haftar's forces lost it, it would be outside the administrative borders of the capital.
A military source said that Al-Wefaq forces seized weapons and ammunition after an attack on Haftar forces in Qasr Bin Ghashir Island, south of the capital, and that they succeeded in destroying a mortar company belonging to Haftar forces in the Wadi Al-Rabi'a axis.
Al-Wefaq forces announced that they had counted 48 bodies of Haftar fighters after the confrontations in the fighting hubs south of Tripoli.
These forces also launch a parallel attack on the city of Tarhuna, and are trying to paralyze the Russian air defense system used by Haftar forces.
The correspondent said that the attack on Tarhuna weakened Haftar's forces and limited its ability to counter the attacks by Haftar's forces on Qasr bin Ghashir.