Car bombs target Egypt, UAE embassies in Libya's Tripoli
                 English.news.cn | 2014-11-13 17:19:38 | Editor: Yang Yi

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Libyans stand at the scene of a car bomb explosion near the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli, Libya, Nov. 13, 2014. Egyptian and the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) embassies in the Libyan capital Tripoli were targeted by two car bombs on Thursday, but no casualties were reported, sources said. (Xinhua/Hamza Turkia)

TRIPOLI, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian and the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) embassies in the Libyan capital Tripoli were targeted by two car bombs on Thursday, but no casualties were reported, sources said.

The first car bomb explosion hit the Egyptian embassy in Al- Dahra area, causing considerable damage to the front of the embassy building and the surrounding houses, a source said on condition of anonymity, adding that the second explosion hit the UAE embassy building, also causing material damage.

Ambassadors of both countries left Libya months ago because of the escalating violence in the North African country.

The two explosions come after similar attacks on Wednesday in the eastern city of Tobruk, where the Libyan parliament is located, and another attack on an airbase gate in the eastern city of Bayda. Those two car bomb explosions killed six people and injured at least 20 others, according to medical and military sources.

Also on Sunday, another car bomb attack took place in the eastern city of Shahat, where the UN-recognized Libyan interim government is based, causing no casualties. The attack came as Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni was in a meeting with UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon.

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