Forces loyal to Col. Muammar Gaddafi have transformed Sirte hospital into a fortified military base as rebel fighters close in on the city centre.
Doctors fleeing the area said they had seen arms depots inside the complex and that “rocket launchers and mortar detonators ring the hospital”.
Inside the built-up area of downtown Sirte, Ibn Sina hospital has become the nerve centre of the pro-Gaddafi operation. “There is a military operations room below the maternity ward of hospital,” said Osama Muttawa Swehli, one of the rebels.
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