Anti-Gaddafi forces make advances in Sirte

Revolutionary forces are pushing into the centre of Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, squeezing the remaining loyalist fighters still holding out.

Anti-Gaddafi fighters have captured the sprawling Ouagadougou Convention Centre as well as Ibn Sina Hospital on the south side of Sirte.

They are now battling loyalists in heavy street fighting focused around Green Square in the city centre.

At the hospital today, hundreds of wounded civilians crowded the corridors. There was no electricity or water, and a handful of medical students and nurses were the only medical staff.

Revolutionary fighters roamed the hallways checking IDs, and took some people suspected of being Gaddafi fighters into custody.

Sirte is the last major city in Gaddafi loyalist hands.