美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿星期四前往土耳其，讨论利比亚局势。此前一天，她警告利比亚领导人卡扎菲，其掌权时日无多，国际社会将很快加大压力，要求他下台。希拉里·克林顿离开华盛顿前往伊斯坦布尔。她将与来自40多个支持北约对利比亚采取行动的国家的代表开会。
与此同时，反政府武装在星期三夺回距离首都的黎波里以南约100公里的战略重镇古阿利什后，正计划下一步行动。最近取得的成功促使反政府武装计划攻向首都，那里是卡扎菲的一个据点。在夺回古阿利什的激烈战斗中，至少有两名反政府武装人员死亡，另有15人受伤。反政府武装将利用古阿利什，争取占领邻近的城镇格里亚。这个城镇控制着通向的黎波里的主要高速公路。
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Turkey Thursday to discuss the situation in Libya, a day after warning Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi that his days in power “are numbered” and that the international community will soon increase the pressure on him to leave.Clinton departs Washington for Istanbul, where she will attend a meeting with representatives from more than 40 nations that are backing NATO’s operations in Libya.
Meanwhile, rebels are planning their next moves after retaking a strategic village Wednesday about 100 kilometers south of the capital, Tripoli. The recent success boosts rebel plans for a march on the capital, which is a stronghold of Mr. Gadhafi.The retaking of the village of Al-Qawalish came after bitter clashes that killed at least two opposition fighters and wounded 15 others. Rebel forces want to use Al-Qawalish as a staging post to take the nearby town of Garyan, which controls access to the main highway heading north to Tripoli.