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Gen Abdel Fattah Younis was killed on Thursday en route from his command post on the front line near Brega to the rebel capital Benghazi.

The rebels beat off the colonel's forces in their attempt to recapture Brega, an oil town west of Benghazi (see map).

After those prayers, we are told they retired to a guest house in Brega to prepare for the journey next day to Benghazi.

During the war, Mutassim commanded forces in battles around the city of Brega.

The big refinery at Brega, in the contested coastal area between the two sides, is out of order.

The previous day, Muhannad had showed up in Brega and spent the afternoon at the clinic.

Fierce skirmishes between government and rebel forces have continued around the oil-refining town of Brega.

NATO warplanes bombed targets in and around Brega overnight, accidentally striking a pickup truck manned by rebel fighters.

Libyan fighters, with backing from NATO airstrikes, came close to taking control of the key eastern oil hub of Brega.

In a statement, Nato said it hit a column of military vehicles including tanks near the oil town of Brega, in eastern Libya.

Correspondents say the fall of Brega would be a major breakthrough for anti-Gaddafi forces.

Pro-Gadhafi forces continued shelling as battles raged around the town of Brega on Thursday.

Below is raw footage of fighting taking place on the outskirts of Brega. Pro-Gaddafi fighter jets can also be heard hovering above the city.

Already, control of Brega gives Gaddafi control of the natural gas that fuels Benghazi's electricity-generating plant, notes McGregor.

As the debate continued, Qaddafi's forces moved along the coastal road toward Brega.

Much of the recent fighting has been around the strategic oil terminals of Brega and Ras Lanuf.

Both sides held on to their positions along the outskirts of the towns of Brega and Ajdabiya.

Witnesses say the strikes from Gadhafi loyalists targeted Brega's airport, near the oil terminal.

Fighters board a bus to be carried east away from approaching government forces in Brega, Libya March 12.

Witnesses say anti-government forces captured nearly a dozen mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia after clashes around Brega.

Though the oil-refinery town of Brega is still in the colonel's hands, it too is under pressure.

Rebel forces have reportedly taken some new ground from Gadhafi loyalists on the road to the oil port of Brega.

A Benghazi-based rebel fighter fires his weapon a few miles outside of Brega.

On Monday, rebels said they had pushed government troops westwards after seizing back most of the town of Brega.

Taking Brega is believed to be critical to defeating the colonel.

A rebel militiaman opens a burned file cabinet in the ashes of a Libyan secret police office on Feb. 27, in Brega.

The extent of damage will not be known in Brega until it is cleared of mines left by Colonel Qaddafi's troops.

On Thursday, Libyan warplanes launched strikes against the rebel-held city of Brega, a key oil port.

Rebel forces say they are pushing further west and are close to retaking the town of Brega.

Who built the oil refineries in Brega and those other places where the fighting has been taking place recently?

Brega, the seat of the Sirte Oil Company in the east of the country, has changed hands three times in recent days.

Libyan rebels say they are largely in control of the key oil town of Brega after fighting in residential areas.

Brega, still heavily defended by Colonel Qaddafi's forces, is almost as crucial as Zawiya.

Warplanes flew over Brega, followed by the sound of explosions.

Reports conflicted over which side controlled an oil refinery near Brega.

However, a rebel commander said his fighters had retreated in the eastern town of Brega.

The oil port of Brega has been the main front line in the east of the country for months.

Al Jazeera TV showed images of people in Brega grieving after the air strike on part of their town.

Sand blows across the coastal highway near Brega in eastern Libya, on April 1, 2011.

Hundreds of opposition fighters have fled the oil town of Brega.

Libyan rebel fighters fire rockets in the desert half way between Ajdabiya and Brega, in Libya April 9.

If Brega were taken, a vital route for exporting oil would open up.

According to some reports, Brega, 45 miles to the west, and Ras Lanuf may already be back in rebel hands.

As I write this, it's 7 p. m. on March 29, and we're driving back from Ras Lanuf to Brega.

The government says 500 rebels have died in the fighting for Brega, while the rebels say the figure is 12.

Libyan Rebels Make New Push in Brega