The forces related to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi "cleaned" this Thursday the strategic oil port of Ras Lanuf eastern rebels and headed for Benghazi, a stronghold of the insurgency, Libyan state television announced. "Ras Lanuf The city was clean of armed gangs and hoisted green flags in all institutions "of the city, announced on television." Libyan forces are directed to Benghazi, "he said.
According to a statement read by the Libyan Deputy Foreign Kaaim Khaled, in a press conference in Tripoli, Ras Lanuf has been "totally clean (rebels) and the refinery and petrochemical plant." The fighting was very hard, "he said, adding that" the entire city and its environs are under control.
" Continuing the counter-offensive to recover the country's eastern cities, the forces loyal to the regime with air strikes and artillery forced the insurgents to flee from the strategic oil city located 650 kilometers from Tripoli. At least four people were killed Thursday and 35 injured in Ras Lanuf, a hospital official said of Brega.
Kaaim also said that Ben Jawad, not far from Ras Lanuf, 450 km west of Benghazi, the military managed to "clean up the city completely, and recovered ammunition and weapons." State television said troops loyal to Gadhafi "are serving the city today (oil) of Brega, which fell to rebels on Friday.
For Zauiya, a town 40 km west of Tripoli, "have completed their military and security operations," said the vice chancellor. Instead, according to a witness, the rebels remained in control of Misrata, 150 km from Tripoli and other cities in the Northeast, particularly in the region of Jabal Al Gharbi, a mountainous area. 
According to a statement read by the Libyan Deputy Foreign Kaaim Khaled, in a press conference in Tripoli, Ras Lanuf has been "totally clean (rebels) and the refinery and petrochemical plant." The fighting was very hard, "he said, adding that" the entire city and its environs are under control.
" Continuing the counter-offensive to recover the country's eastern cities, the forces loyal to the regime with air strikes and artillery forced the insurgents to flee from the strategic oil city located 650 kilometers from Tripoli. At least four people were killed Thursday and 35 injured in Ras Lanuf, a hospital official said of Brega.
Kaaim also said that Ben Jawad, not far from Ras Lanuf, 450 km west of Benghazi, the military managed to "clean up the city completely, and recovered ammunition and weapons." State television said troops loyal to Gadhafi "are serving the city today (oil) of Brega, which fell to rebels on Friday.
For Zauiya, a town 40 km west of Tripoli, "have completed their military and security operations," said the vice chancellor. Instead, according to a witness, the rebels remained in control of Misrata, 150 km from Tripoli and other cities in the Northeast, particularly in the region of Jabal Al Gharbi, a mountainous area.
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