DTN News - LIBYA UPRISING: Gaddafi Troops Force Rebels Out Of Brega....NSI News Source Info # 1713Libyan forces supporting Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have advanced on rebel-held strongholds, reportedly recapturing the eastern town of Brega.
Dozens of rebel fighters pulled out of the area amid heavy shelling.
"Brega has been cleansed of armed gangs," a military source told Libyan state television.
Libyan rebel forces have been losing ground for days, including the key oil port of Ras Lanuf on Saturday.
In other regional developments:
- In Bahrain, riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters blocking the main road into the capital's business district, and encircled the protesters' main camp, eyewitnesses said
- In Yemen, dozens of people are wounded in clashes between Yemeni police, firing live bullets and tear gas, and anti-government protesters at the main opposition sit-in in the capital, witnesses said
Rebels left on trucks equipped with anti-aircraft guns retreating from Brega along the coastal road towards Ajdabiya - the gateway to the main rebel-held cities of Benghazi and Tobruk.
They said Col Gaddafi's forces had carried out air strikes, as well as shelling Brega.
Rebels told the BBC they were heading towards Ajdabiya, 150km (93 miles) south of Benghazi.
Col Gaddafi's forces were on the chase, some 60km away from Ajdabiya.
In Benghazi itself the mood remains defiant, says the BBC's Pascale Harter, with many wounded fighters returning but other residents heading for the front line.
Meanwhile reports from the last major rebel base in western Libya, Misrata, say that Col Gaddafi's troops are on the outskirts of the city and tank fire can be heard.
http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.com/2011/03/dtn-news-libya-uprising-gaddafi-troops.html
No comments:
Post a Comment