利比亞對立民兵組織機場交火

Heavy fighting between militias vying for control of the airport in Libya's capital has killed at least three people and grounded flights through the middle of the week.

An armed Islamist group attacked Zintan militiamen, who have controlled Tripoli International Airport since the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, in some of the worst fighting the country has seen in six months.

An airport official said rockets hit the facility just before sunrise Sunday. The Operations Cell of Libyan Revolutionaries, a coalition of Islamist militias, claimed responsibility.

The opposing groups are seen as the armed wings of two political factions, the liberals and Alarmists, struggling for the upper hand in the Libyan parliament.

On Saturday, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said (in a statement) the U.S. is "deeply concerned" the ongoing violence in Libya could lead to "widespread conflict."利比亞敵對派系的民兵組織星期天在首都附近的機場展開了激烈的戰鬥,至少有3人喪生，週三以前的航班已被取消。

一個伊斯蘭武裝組織星期天凌晨襲擊了來自利比亞西北部津坦的民兵。這場戰鬥是6個月來最激烈的。自2011年前獨裁者卡扎菲被推翻以來，來自津坦的民兵一直控制着的黎波里國際機場。

機場官員說，火箭彈星期天拂曉時擊中機場的一個設施。

伊斯蘭民兵聯合組織“利比亞革命行動會”宣稱對襲擊負責。該組織被認爲是爭奪議會控制權的兩大政治派系的軍事組織。

美國國務院發言人莎琪星期六說，美國對利比亞目前的暴力可能導致廣泛的衝突“深感關切”。