CRI听力:Fighting at Libyan Airport Continues, Foreigners Evacuate

The violent struggle for control the main airport in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has seen a new offensive launched by a militia from the western city of Zintan against the Islamic militias which currently control the airport.

The new offensive has prompted the US, Turkish and French governments to move their diplomatic staff out of the country into neighboring Tunisia.

Salah Qadrah is a security worker at the Mitiga airport.

"This crisis has caused security confusion; a large group of foreigners have left. Most of the embassies here left through this airport."

At least one airliner has been destroyed in the fighting.

The battles over the airport have already prompted a week-long closure of gas stations and government offices in Tripoli.

Local banks have also been shut down following reports of armed men ambushing armored vehicles carrying cash from the Libyan central bank.