Following shelling, rockets struck Tripoli

A number of rockets struck parts of Tripoli late Tuesday after strongman Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive earlier this month to take the Libyan capital, witnesses and AFP journalists said.

At least seven powerful explosions rocked the city centre. Shortly afterwards, witnesses said, columns of smoke were seen above the district of Abu Salim in the south of the city, which was hit by a number of rockets.