Libya's rebel force has claimed 10 of their fighters were killed in a coalition air strike near Brega in the east of the country. Brega is one of a string of oil towns along the coast that have been won and lost by the opposition in recent weeks.
After coalition airstrikes began on March 19, the rebels raced forward to recapture the towns of Ajdabiyah, Brega and Ras Lanuf.
But instead of advancing towards Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte and the capital Tripoli, the rag-tag rebel group has been forced to retreat and is struggling to hang on to many of its gains.
Opposition fighters have now taken up defensive positions near Brega following their dramatic reversal of fortune.
Rebel fighter Mustafa Ali Omar said it was there that the group came under attack.
"Some of Gaddafi's forces sneaked in among the rebels and fired anti-aircraft guns in the air," he said.
"After that the Nato forces came and bombed them."
A Nato spokeswoman said the coalition was looking into the reports. Read More
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