{"id":430937,"date":"2011-05-26T23:26:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T23:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/26\/new-airstrikes-pound-libyas-capital\/"},"modified":"2011-05-26T23:26:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T23:26:55","slug":"new-airstrikes-pound-libyas-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/26\/new-airstrikes-pound-libyas-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"New airstrikes pound Libya&#8217;s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"72\">\n<div readability=\"39\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least five large explosions echo across Tripoli<\/li>\n<li>A former military base used as a tribal compound was hit, a government official said<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>(CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; Another night of NATO airstrikes on the Libyan capital began late Thursday, with a tribal site near central Tripoli the target of the latest attacks, a Libyan official said.<\/p>\n<p>Five explosions, most large enough to shake buildings some distance away, struck Tripoli shortly before 11:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET). The Libyan official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the target was the tribal compound at Bab Al-Azizya, about 2 kilometers (1.3 miles) from the center of Tripoli.<\/p>\n<p>CNN could not independently confirm the report.<\/p>\n<p>The site is a former military base now used to welcome tribal visitors to Tripoli, offering them guest houses during their stay, the official said. It has been used as a center for people volunteering to support Libyan authorities since the revolt against longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafi erupted in February.<\/p>\n<p>NATO began bombing Libya on March 31, under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians during the fighting between government forces and rebels who have seized most of eastern Libya.<\/p>\n<p>NATO member Spain said Thursday that Libya had sent a message to Madrid and other European capitals, listing &#8220;a series of proposals that could lead to a cease-fire,&#8221; but the allies have so far rebuffed earlier Libyan proposals for an end to the fighting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From CNN&#8217;s Raja Razek<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/oEqc1DHcme8\/index.html\" title=\"New airstrikes pound Libya's capital\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New airstrikes pound Libya&#8217;s capital<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS At least five large explosions echo across Tripoli A former military base used as a tribal compound was hit, a government official said (CNN) &#8212; Another night of NATO airstrikes on the Libyan capital began late Thursday, with a tribal site near central Tripoli the target of the latest attacks, a Libyan official said. Five explosions, most large enough to shake buildings some distance away, struck Tripoli shortly before 11:30 p.m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":398516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-430937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New airstrikes pound Libya&#039;s capital - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/26\/new-airstrikes-pound-libyas-capital\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New airstrikes pound Libya&#039;s capital - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"STORY HIGHLIGHTS At least five large explosions echo across Tripoli A former military base used as a tribal compound was hit, a government official said (CNN) -- Another night of NATO airstrikes on the Libyan capital began late Thursday, with a tribal site near central Tripoli the target of the latest attacks, a Libyan official said. 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