The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) warplanes have pounded targets in a number of key strongholds of support for fugitive dictator Muammar Qadhafi.
The alliance said on Tuesday that airstrikes struck one radar system, eight surface-to-air missile systems, five surface-to-air missile trailers, one armed vehicle and two command vehicles a day earlier near Qadhafi’s hometown of Sirte.
The NATO also said it struck six tanks and two armoured fighting vehicles in Sabha in the southern desert.
Those two cities, along with Bani Walid, are the primary bastions of Qadhafi loyalists remaining in the country more than three weeks after revolutionary forces captured Tripoli.
Libyan fighters launched an assault on Friday on Bani Walid, but the offensive has stalled in the face of fierce resistance.
