
In Tripoli, where today on August 22, battles are undergoing control of the city between supporters of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and the opposition, the streets are empty. As reported with eyewitnesses in the special blog by Al Jazeera , celebrating the victory, people who had recently filled some streets of the city were dispersed by the roofs of houses with snipers of government troops.
In particular, according to eyewitnesses, the foci of resistance of the opposition will still remain in the area of Bab al-Azias. Earlier, the opposition assessed that the forces of Gaddafi control only 20 percent of the territory of the Libyan capital.
On the night of August 22, the Libyan rebels took control of almost the entire Tripoli, with the exception of the small quarter of Bab al-Azia, where the residence of Gaddafi is located. The rebels captured the airport, the television building, and also captured two sons of the Libyan leader - Mohammad and the safe al -Islam, and the International Criminal Court achieves the issuance of the latter. Nothing is known about the fate of Gaddafi himself.