militia alliance which says it has captured Tripoli's international
airport.
It said the alliance was now a legitimate target for the armed forces.
The alliance includes Islamists and fighters from the city of Misrata.
A spokesman for the militia said that the new parliament was
illegitimate and called for the country's former governing body, the
Islamist-dominated General National Council, to reconvene.
The BBC's Rana Jawad in Tripoli says there are uncomfirmed reports of
battles continuing between rival armed groups on the outskirts of the
city, and explosions can be heard.
The country has been by gripped by conflict between rival militias
that spearheaded the 2011 uprising against long-time leader Muammar
Gaddafi. Several hundred people have died in a recent upsurge of
fighting.
The militia alliance - which includes some Islamist fighters and
others from the city of Misrata - said it had won control of the
airport despite being targeted by mystery airstrikes for a second time
this week.
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