Turkey has confirmed that even as rebel forces advance on Sirte it has been working with the Libyan government and the opposition to set up a cease-fire.

Libyan rebels have seized back a second key oil complex and are pushing west toward Tripoli.

Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward today toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Muammar Gaddafi’s military.

Libyan government troops attacked a town west of Tripoli today expanding the campaign to clear rebels from the western front around the capital.

A strategic rebel-held Libyan city has been bombed by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces as they try to push ahead with an offensive into the east.

The world moved a step closer to a decision on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya but Muammar Gaddafi was swiftly advancing on the poorly equipped and loosely organised rebels who have seized much of the country.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi tightened his grip on the coastal road linking his territory to the rebel-controlled east today, pushing forward the front line in Libya's gruelling internal conflict.

A rebel leader pleaded with the international community today to approve a no-fly zone over Libya as Muammar Gaddafi's forces gained strength in the east, securing a key port city and oil refinery.

Rebels are holding out in part of the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf after fierce fighting with Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in central Libya.

EU leaders are today set to demand that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi gives up power in Libya with immediate effect – just as his regime regains ground from rebel forces trying to overthrow him.

Hundreds of Libyan rebels have fled a key oil port under a barrage of rockets and tank shells from government forces.

Hundreds of rebel fighters have retreated from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf as Muammar Gaddafi’s army pounds the town with artillery.

Doctors in Libya are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of casualties, mostly civilians, the International Red Cross says.

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi destroyed an oil pipeline and storage plant today as they pounded rebels with artillery and gunfire in at least two major cities.

THE closest rebel-held city to the Libyan capital has fallen to Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.

The closest rebel-held city to the Libyan capital has fallen to Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.

Libyan planes attacked rebels in the oil port of Ras Lanouf today to prevent them from advancing towards the capital Tripoli.

Libyan warplanes have launched two new air strikes near rebel positions in the oil port of Ras Lanouf, keeping up a counter-offensive to stop the opposition advancing towards the capital, Tripoli.

The United Nations is drafting a resolution to impose a no-fly zone over Libya as the international community edges closer to military intervention in the North African country.

Libyan warplanes have launched multiple air strikes on opposition fighters regrouping at an oil port on the Mediterranean coast.

Libyan warplanes have launched a fresh air strike on rebel positions around a key oil port, trying to block fighters from advancing toward Muammar Gaddafi’s stronghold in the capital, Tripoli.

Libyan rebels today vowed to regroup and bring in heavy weapons after forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi pounded opposition fighters with helicopter gunships, artillery and rockets to stop their rapid advance toward the capital.

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, some in helicopter gunships, pounded opposition fighters with artillery, rockets and gunfire, dramatically escalating their counter-offensive to halt the rebels’ rapid advance towards the capital.

Libyan helicopter gunships fired on a rebel force advancing west toward the capital along the Mediterranean coastline today and forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi fought intense ground battles with the rival fighters.

Libyan war planes today launched airstrikes and troops engaged in heavy ground battles with a rebel force advancing west toward the capital Tripoli along the country’s Mediterranean coastline.

Muammar Gaddafi loyalists swept into the opposition-held city closest to Tripoli today, tightening security around the regime-held capital. To the east, rebel forces captured a key oil port as the country veered toward civil war.

Muammar Gaddafi loyalists swept into the opposition-held city closest to Tripoli today, tightening security around the regime-held capital. To the east, rebel forces captured a key oil port as the country veered toward civil war.

Muammar Gaddafi’s forces today broke through rebel lines at an opposition-held city in a dawn attack that could prove crucial to the regime’s defence of the Libyan capital.

Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have launched a powerful attack in a bid to recapture a rebel-held city in fierce fighting which left at least 18 people dead.

Rebels have strengthened their hold on the strategic oil installation at Brega after repelling an attempt by loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi to retake it.

MILITIAS loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shot and killed protesters as they streamed from mosques and marched across the Libyan capital yesterday to demand an end to the regime.

Militias loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques and marching across the Libyan capital.