There are six large communities between Zawiya and Tripoli and over the course of the day, the rebels recaptured these towns one by one.

On Monday, the rebels recaptured the huge hydroelectric dam in Inga, about 200 miles away on the Congo River.

On 14 June, rebels recaptured the town of Kikla after Gaddafi forces pulled out of the town and retreated at around 9 kilometers of the city.

By late September, the rebels had reorganized and recaptured Gangneung.

Mr. Lebed has been trying to end the fighting, which resumed earlier this month when rebels recaptured Grozny, Chechnya's capital, swiftly crushing Russian defenders.

A rebel commander claimed that rebels recaptured the villages of Abou Houri and Al-Mouh.

On 11 May, rebels recaptured Abel, potentially easing the movements of opposition forces between al-Qusayr and Homs.

Reports from rebels and Al Jazeera sources claimed that the rebels had recaptured the town, killing twenty-five of Gaddafi's soldiers and capturing twenty in the process.

Government forces attempted to capture the town on 2 March but were repelled; their attack on 13 March was successful, though rebels later recaptured it on 26 March.

On 27 March, rebels returned to Bin Jawad and recaptured the town.