Gaddafi deploys tanks and hundreds of troops in all-out effort to take Zawiyah

• Peter Beaumont in Tripoli



 

 

Heavy fighting between Libyan rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi has been reported in the town of Zawiyah Photograph: Sky News

The regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has launched a devastating assault on the opposition-held town of Zawiyah, deploying up to 50 tanks and scores of pickup trucks carrying troops. Emerging accounts told of massive damage inflicted on the refinery town, which rose up against the Gaddafi regime two weeks ago. More

Gaddafi deploys tanks and hundreds of troops in all-out effort to take Zawiyah