Zawiya

• Libyan rebels say they are closing in on Tripoli

  Libyan rebels say they are closing in on Tripoli from the west and the front line is now less than 20 miles (30 kilometres) from the capital.

• Libyan rebels capture coastal city of Zawiya

  Libyan rebels expelled government forces from the strategic western city of Zawiya on Saturday, a major victory for the opposition in their march on Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli.The territory remaining under the Libyan ruler's control has been shrinking dramatically in the past three weeks, with opposition fighters advancing on the capit...

• Rebels battle Libyan forces for Zawiya refinery

  Rebels battled Moammar Gaddafi loyalists for control over Libya's only functioning oil refinery in the western city of Zawiya Wednesday, as the opposition tried to cut off fuel supplies to the regime's stronghold of Tripoli.Rebel fighter Ramadan Keshada said his forces control parts of the refinery complex in the city's north on the Mediterranean c...

• Fierce battle for key Libyan city of Zawiya

  Government forces in tanks rolled into the opposition-held city closest to Tripoli after blasting it with artillery and mortar fire, while rebels captured a key oil port and pushed toward Muammar Gaddafi's hometown in a seesaw Saturday for both sides in the bloody battle for control of Libya.With the Gaddafi regime's tanks prowling the centre of th...