▁the ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁A ▁re bel ▁commander ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁loyal ists ▁still ▁controlled ▁ 1 5 ▁to ▁ 2 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁Initial ly ▁one , ▁then ▁multiple ▁t anks ▁left ▁the ▁G add af i ▁residence , ▁and ▁began ▁shell ing ▁areas ▁of ▁Tri pol i . ▁He avy ▁fighting ▁continued ▁around ▁the ▁R ix os ▁Al ▁Nas r ▁hotel , ▁which ▁hous ed ▁foreign ▁journal ists ▁in ▁Tri pol i ▁and ▁remained ▁a ▁government ▁strong hold . ▁Journal ists ▁were ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁hotel ▁by ▁government ▁forces ▁and ▁were ▁described ▁as ▁being ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁" human ▁shield ". ▁ ▁A ▁column ▁of ▁hundreds ▁of ▁armed ▁reb els ▁carrying ▁ro cket ▁launch ers ▁was ▁reported ▁heading ▁towards ▁Green ▁Square . ▁ ▁An ▁independent ▁Lib yan ▁news ▁channel ▁reported ▁some ▁lo oting ▁at ▁the ▁exp atri ate ▁Pal m ▁City ▁village , ▁just ▁outside ▁Tri pol i , ▁but ▁this ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁confirmed . ▁Fight ing ▁continued ▁around ▁the ▁G add af i ▁comp ound ▁and ▁near ▁the ▁port , ▁with ▁loyal ists ▁using ▁t anks ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁Lib yan ▁state ▁television ▁channels ▁went ▁off ▁air ▁by ▁the ▁afternoon , ▁and ▁reb els ▁were ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁TV ▁building . ▁ ▁The ▁situation ▁in ▁Tri pol i ▁was ▁confused , ▁but ▁loyal ist ▁forces ▁were ▁definit ively ▁known ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁Bab ▁al - Az izia , ▁the ▁R ix os ▁Al ▁Nas r