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Airport in Libya's Tripoli Re-opens

A Libyan army helicopter that was hit by shrapnel following an air strike is pictured at Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli on April 8, 2019 - AFP
A Libyan army helicopter that was hit by shrapnel following an air strike is pictured at Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli on April 8, 2019 - AFP
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Airport in Libya's Tripoli Re-opens

A Libyan army helicopter that was hit by shrapnel following an air strike is pictured at Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli on April 8, 2019 - AFP
A Libyan army helicopter that was hit by shrapnel following an air strike is pictured at Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli on April 8, 2019 - AFP

Libya has reopened Tripoli's only functioning airport, according to a posting on the airport authorities' Facebook page on Sunday.

Mitiga airport was closed earlier in the day after residents reported an air strike on the Libyan capital.

A Reuters reporter and several residents said they saw an aircraft circling for more than 10 minutes over the capital with a humming sound before opening fire.

Witnesses had reported drone strikes in the past days but there has been no confirmation.

Explosions heard in the city center this time were louder than in previous days, Reuters reported.

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Iraq Reports 19 Congo Fever Deaths Already This Year

A general view of Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
A general view of Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
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Iraq Reports 19 Congo Fever Deaths Already This Year

A general view of Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)
A general view of Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters file photo)

Iraq said Thursday it has recorded 19 deaths from Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever already this year and urged farmers and abattoir workers to step up precautions when handling livestock.

A total of 123 cases have been recorded nationwide, health ministry spokesman Saif al-Badr said in a statement, adding that 36 of them were reported in the poor southern province of Dhi Qar, which is heavily dependent on livestock farming.

Congo fever is a viral disease which is transmitted to people either by tick bites or through contact with infected animal blood or tissues during or immediately after slaughter, according to the World Health Organization, AFP reported.

It has a fatality rate of between 10 and 40 percent, and most cases have been reported in the livestock industry.

A previous surge in infections in Iraq in 2022 saw at least 27 deaths, compared with just six cases for the two decades from 1989 to 2009.

The WHO attributed that flare-up to a rise in the tick population resulting from the failure to carry out pesticide spraying campaigns in 2020 and 2021.