Libya infighting

The new government of Libya is struggling to gain control of and disarm militias. Fighting between rival militias shut down the international airport in Tripoli on June 4 for several hours when gunmen drove onto the tarmac and surrounded several planes.

In the week before the elections on July 7, militias blocked the main east-west highway and shut down three oil terminals.

There have been reports of militias detaining foreigners and engaging in carjacking and other criminal activity.