TRIPOLI, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two car bombs hit the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday morning but no casualties were reported, according to local media outlets.
One bomb exploded near the headquarters of the foreign ministry, while the other hit the naval base of Abu-Setta, the headquarters of the United Nations-backed unity government, local media reported.
Some cars parked nearby were damaged in the explosions, said one Xinhua reporter.
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombings.
Over the past few years, similar attacks have hit Tripoli, where terrorist groups have capitalized on a security vacuum since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Meanwhile, government forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants are reportedly gaining ground in Sirte, some 450 km east of Tripoli.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that Libyan government forces are close to eliminating IS from Sirte.
More than 400 government troops have been killed and over a thousand others injured in the latest anti-IS campaign, which started in May.
