7 January 2012
While former rebels in Zawiyah are training to be full-time soldiers, others are not so keen to sign up
More than two months after the death of Col Muammar Gaddafi - and nearly five since he was removed from power - Libya's new government faces problems in securing order.
Tripoli's international airport is now a bustling little place. It is scruffy and in need of a make-over but it is a vital lifeline for Libya as it reopens for business.
Roaming the terminal floor and patrolling the runways are soldiers for whom this is their power-base.
They are ex-rebels from the town of Zintan, south-west of the capital, who captured the airport a few months ago.
'Guardians of revolution'
