About three dozen foreign journalists based at the five-star Rixos hotel in Tripoli have been trapped by heavy fighting in the surrounding streets as rebels advance on the capital.
"No one has left the hotel today," said Missy Ryan, a correspondent for Reuters. "We all want to go downtown to report on what's happening but it's not safe." Snipers were positioned outside the hotel, she added.
The hotel is close to the Gaddafi regime's sprawling Bab al-Aziziya compound, which is likely to see the last stand of loyalist fighters in the coming days and reportedly the scene of heavy fighting.
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