@newsneighborJohn Ehrlich
Rebels battle Libya forces for Zawiya refinery. dlvr.it/gcy5t @NewsNeighbor
Rebel fighter Ramadan Keshada said his forces control parts of the refinery complex in the city's north on the Mediterranean coast, while some regime troops and civilian workers remain inside. He said rebels and regime forces clashed there on Tuesday, then the opposition fighters pulled out at nightfall and made a new push in the daylight. Rebels battled Moammar Gadhafi 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.
