The power in Libya back more and more clearly in the hands of Muammar Gaddafi. The Rais rinconquista Brega, a major oil port in Eastern Libya, 250 km from Benghazi, forcing the rebels to flee after new bombings of the scheme on the outskirts of the city. The Libyan television channel reported that the colonel of the militia have "cleaned up the city from the armed gangs" and a reporter from Agence France Presse noted that the rebels were retreating, under a hail of artillery, to Ajdabiya, 80 km away.