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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