Libya: Rocket attack damages UAE embassy in Tripoli

Posted on July 27, 2013 • Filed under: Africa, Civil Unrest, Expatriate attacked, Terrorism

Reuters reports that unidentified assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the United Arab Emirates embassy compound in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on foreign targets in the North African country. Security sources said the attackers drove up to the compound, which houses both the embassy and ambassador’s residence, in the Siahia neighborhood in Western Tripoli before fleeing immediately. Read article

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