Editing Tripoli, Libya (section)

==Transport==
Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Tripoli:
* [[Cairo-Dakar Highway]]
* [[Tripoli-Cape Town Highway]]
[[File:Tripoli Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Tripoli International Airport]]]]
[[Tripoli International Airport]] was the largest airport in Tripoli and Libya before being destroyed during the [[Libyan civil war (2014–2020)|second Libyan civil war]] in 2014. Tripoli has since been served by a smaller local airport [[Mitiga International Airport]], which is currently the largest airport in Libya.

In July 2014, the Tripoli international Airport was destroyed, following the [[Battle of Tripoli Airport]], when [[Zintan Brigades|Zintani]] militias in charge of security were attacked by Islamist militias of the GNC, code naming the operation 'Libya Dawn' also known as "[[Fajr Libya militia|Libya Dawn Militias]]", led by Misurati militia general Salah Badi. The event happened after secular Zintani militias were accused with claims of smuggling drugs, alcohol and illegal items, known to have past ties with the Gaddafi Regime. Libya's Mufti Sadiq al Ghariani has praised the Libya Dawn Operation.

The result of the battle for Tripoli's central airport was its complete destruction with 90% of the facilities incapacitated, or burned down with an unknown estimate Billions of dollars in Damage, with another 10 or so planes destroyed. The airport was shelled with [[BM-21 Grad|Grad]] rockets with reports of the [[Air Traffic Control]] tower completely destroyed, including the main reception building completely wrecked. Surrounding civilian residential areas and infrastructure, of which include Bridges, Electricity equipment, water equipment, and roads were also damaged in the fighting. Oil storage tankers containing large reserves of Kerosene fuels, gases and related chemicals were burnt and large plumes of smoke rose into the air.

Reconstruction efforts are underway with the GNA giving a contract amounting to $78 million to an Italian firm 'Emaco Group' or "Aeneas Consorzio", to rebuild the destroyed facilities. All flights have been diverted to ex-military base known as [[Mitiga International Airport]] as of 2017.

Tripoli is the interim destination of a [[Transport in Libya#Railways|railway]] from [[Sirte]] under construction in 2007.<ref>Briginshaw, David (1 January 2001). [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-69709357.html "Libya's First Two Railway Lines Start To Take Shape"]. ''[[International Railway Journal]]''. Retrieved 30 December 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911152249/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-69709357.html |date=11 September 2009 }}</ref>