Forces loyal to Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, approached the rebels in the western city of Zawiyah Wednesday that surround them with tanks and snipers on the main square, a resident and a rebel fighter, said.
"We can see the tanks. The tanks are everywhere," said one rebel fighter told Reuters by telephone from inside Zawiyah, the most rebellious city to the capital Tripoli.
"They have surrounded the square, snipers and tanks. The situation is not so good. It's very frightening. There are plenty of snipers," one resident said.
With the international community still have questions about how to respond to the crisis in Libya, a counter-offensive of the supporters of Gaddafi has stopped a rebel advance in this and other abandoned in the western cities of Zawiyah and Misrata.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear that Washington believes that the imposition of a no-fly zone is a competence of the UN and U.S. should not be a Led initiative.
The rebels fighting in Zawiyah, named Ibrahim, said that Gaddafi loyalists were in control of the main road and the suburbs. Rebel forces still controlled the square and the enemy was about 1,500 meters (yards) away, he said that army snipers on top of most buildings, who dared to fire their homes.
"Many people can not even dead and buried. Zawiyah is deserted. There is nobody on the streets. No pets, even birds in the sky," he said.
A government spokesman said the troops were mostly in control of Zawiyah, but there was still a small group of fighters. "Maybe 30 to 40 people, hidden in the streets and in the cemetery.'re Desperate," he said in Tripoli.
"We can see the tanks. The tanks are everywhere," said one rebel fighter told Reuters by telephone from inside Zawiyah, the most rebellious city to the capital Tripoli.
"They have surrounded the square, snipers and tanks. The situation is not so good. It's very frightening. There are plenty of snipers," one resident said.
With the international community still have questions about how to respond to the crisis in Libya, a counter-offensive of the supporters of Gaddafi has stopped a rebel advance in this and other abandoned in the western cities of Zawiyah and Misrata.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it clear that Washington believes that the imposition of a no-fly zone is a competence of the UN and U.S. should not be a Led initiative.
The rebels fighting in Zawiyah, named Ibrahim, said that Gaddafi loyalists were in control of the main road and the suburbs. Rebel forces still controlled the square and the enemy was about 1,500 meters (yards) away, he said that army snipers on top of most buildings, who dared to fire their homes.
"Many people can not even dead and buried. Zawiyah is deserted. There is nobody on the streets. No pets, even birds in the sky," he said.
A government spokesman said the troops were mostly in control of Zawiyah, but there was still a small group of fighters. "Maybe 30 to 40 people, hidden in the streets and in the cemetery.'re Desperate," he said in Tripoli.
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