Libya turns towards Turkey for truce

The envoy will also discuss a “roadmap” of political reform to end the turmoil in Libya. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he would have talks with the envoy, Libyas Deputy Foreign Minister Abdelati Laabidi, later Monday, adding that opposition representatives were also expected in Ankara soon.“We will do our best so that the suffering in Libya comes to an end in the shortest possible time and that a roadmap is outlined in a way that would include political changes in line with the demands of the Libyan people,” Davutoglu told reporters.Meanwhile, Libyan rebels on Monday took back much of a strategic oil town that has repeatedly changed hands in weeks of battles with Moammar Gadhafis forces along the nations northern coast. There were bursts of artillery and shelling from Gadhafis forces in the west as rebels pushed into eastern sections of the town. Women and children were seen fleeing Brega as the battle raged.Now Brega is under control of our forces and we are mopping up around the university, said Lt Muftah Omar Hamza, a former member of Libyan air force who had a satellite phone and a GPS around his neck.The uprising that began in February against Gaddafis 42-year rule has reached a stalemate, with a series of towns along one stretch of the Mediterranean coastline passing back and forth multiple times between the two sides.Though the regimeforces are more powerful and plentiful, they have been unable to decisively defeat a poorly equipped and badly organised rebel force backed by NATO airstrikes that have kept the Gaddafi loyalists in check.