Rebels take control of strategic city on outskirts of Tripoli
After 41 years of supreme power, the 69-year-old Gaddafi is looking isolated, with reinvigorated rebel forces closing in on the capital from the west and south and cutting off its road links to the outside.
The rebels, aided by a NATO bombing campaign, have transformed the battle in the last few days by seizing most of the city of Zawiyah on Tripoli’s western outskirts, as well as a town to the south, cutting Tripoli’s two main supply routes.
