Temporary ceasefire at Tripoli airport as fuel-depot fire rages

July 30, 2014 20:07

Rival militias fighting for control of Tripoli airport agreed on Wednesday to a temporary ceasefire to allow firefighters to try to control a huge blaze at a fuel depot hit by a rocket.

After a fortnight of the worst fighting since the 2011 war that ousted Moammar Gadhafi, most Western governments have followed the United States and United Nations pulling their diplomats out of the North African country.

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