Fighting as Libyan rebels try to close on Gaddafi
World News • June 2011 • Views: 541
Libya’s rebels have traded heavy artillery fire with Muammar Gaddafi’s forces near the western city of Zlitan as they tried to take government-held territory east of the capital Tripoli.
The city, 160 km (100 miles) from Tripoli, is the next major town on the Mediterranean coastal road to the capital from the rebel stronghold of Misrata. Capturing it would greatly advance the rebels’ strategy of cutting off the capital from all sides.