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After several of fighting for control of the area, the rebels lost ground to the government forces. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Scramble  Though the rebels managed to advance on foot, they were repelled by heavy fire from Gaddafi's forces. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Adrenaline  After scoring some early victories in the conflict, the rebels are now engaged in heavy fighting. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Wounded  A rebel injured in the fighting is brought to a local hospital. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Grief  A rebel weeps for his brother, killed in battle. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Ras Lanuf, March 8  Rebels raise their flag at a checkpoint. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Crater  Opposition soldiers stand beside a house damaged by an air strike. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Medic  A rebel fighter wounded in the fighting is brought into a hospital. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Wounded  A fighter is treated at the hospital. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Bonfire  The rebels guard a petroleum facility. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Out of Here  A Ras Lanuf family leaves the town. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Smoke Screen  In a futile attempt to provide cover, the rebels lit a dozen tires on fire. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Pitched  The rebels warm themselves at night. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Enemy Fire  Anti-government rebels run away following an air strike by Libyan warplanes. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Ras Lanuf, March 7, 2011  Rebels run for cover as a bomb dropped by an air force fighter jet explodes nearby. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Shattered  Opposition rebels are seen through the wreckage of a car bombed by air force fighter jets. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Ben Jawad, March 6  After their victory in Ras Lanuf, the rebels pushed west towards the oil town of Ben Jawad. Here, a Libyan rebel carries a battered opposition flag on the highway. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Aim High  Three rebels fire at a Libyan military helicopter on the frontline. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Devotion  Opposition fighters pray during the clashes. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Close Call  A rebel runs away from a big explosion. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### High Up  A Libyan rebel climbs a telephone pole to raise the opposition's flag. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Ready, Aim, Fire  An anti-government fighter fires his rocket-propelled-grenade. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Preparation  The rebels prepare ammunition on the front line. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Take Cover  Rebels run along the highway. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Injured  A wounded rebel is carried to an ambulance. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Solace  Two rebels console each other on a highway. Anti-government fighters lost their control of Ben Jawad, as forces loyal to Gaddafi pushed them back to the town of Ras Lanuf. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Checkpoint  Opposition fighters clear the side of a highway near the rebel stronghold of Ras Lanuf. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Heavily Armed  Rebel fighters arrived here from the west in vehicles armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Ras Lanuf, March 5  Opposition troops shoot at a portrait of Colonel Gaddafi as they celebrated taking Ras Lanuf. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Victory  Libyan rebels hold up their flag. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Lines of Battle  The rebel forces advance. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Maintenance  Rebels clean a rocket launcher. | Yuri Kozyrev / Noor for Time ### Ajdabiya, March 3  Libyans chant at a funeral for fighters killed fighting forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, who has resorted to force to retain his grip on power. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Cover  The tires burn on the field. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Mass Burial  The coffins of several fighters killed in the clashes with Gaddafi's forces are lined up at the funeral. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Brega, March 2, 2011  Forces seeking to topple Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gather for prayer before battling forces loyal to the regime. Gaddafi's units were unsuccessful in their attempt to dislodge the rebels from the key oil refinery and port town. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Fighters  Witnesses reported that the battle took up a 150 kilometer stretch between Brega and the next town, Ras Lanuf. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Burning Ambulance  The regime's big counteroffensive left at least 10 people dead. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Firepower  The rebels had their own anti-aircraft guns, though witnesses say they demonstrated inexperience at using them. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Cheer  The opposition fighters cheer as they pass a destroyed Libyan army vehicle. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Victim  Photographer Kozyrev reported that the hospitals were overflowing with dead and wounded. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Injured  The fighters help a wounded comrade. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Brega Hospital  Medical workers handled a dead opposition fighter. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Celebrate  Opposition fighters cheer after pushing Gaddafi's forces out of the town. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Heavy Gun  Though the rebels had maintained their positions for several days, the fighting on the 11th saw them lose momentum. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Memorable Day  Though the opposition won the day, their long-term control of the town remains uncertain. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Fallen  A dead Gaddafi supporter lays in the back of a pick-up truck. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Big Guns  The opposition fighters savor their victory. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Roadside  The Gaddafi forces were also armed with anti-aircraft guns, but they were not enough to win turn away the opposition. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Benghazi, March 1  Groups of men are pouring into Benghazi's military bases to sign up for the long fight to take down Libya's leader of 42 years, Col. Muammar Gaddafi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Ready and Willing  Volunteers at Benghazi's Salmani weapons maintenance depot. The growing resistance is made up of soldiers who have defected from Gaddafi's forces, as well as ordinary Libyan civilians. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Reporting for Duty  Men ranging from teenagers to retirement age have volunteered for the force. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Watching, Waiting  The volunteers' goal is to bring Libya's revolution, which has seized control of much of the east, to the country's west. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### At Attention  At the weapons depot, volunteers sign their names and blood types to clipboards, learn how to march and practice firing Kalashnikovs and anti-aircraft guns. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Firepower  The resistance is arming for a fight, but it's unclear what and how many weapons they have at their disposal. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Break  A rebel prays on the battlefield. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Aged Arsenal  Volunteers clean and assemble anti-aircraft weapons that were found in military bunkers in and around the city. Some date from the 1970s and 1980s. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Getting Organized  Volunteers take stock of their ammunition. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Group Effort  In two days, the forces at Salmani assembled about 2,000 people. At a larger army base outside of Benghazi, the total volunteer force numbers around 10,000\. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Battle Plans  At this base, at least, it seems no one has a clear plan for the impending march on Tripoli — but they're readying nonetheless. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Exodus  The prospect of fighting has led foreign workers in the country to evacuate. Here workers walk with their belongings along the coastline in Benghazi, Feb. 26, hoping to leave the country. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Left Behind  By the end of the second week of revolutionary turmoil, tens of thousands of expatriates had fled the country — spilling over the Egyptian and Tunisian borders, out of Tripoli on chartered evacuation flights, and into the port at Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, which is now under rebel control. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### On the Line  A line forms of foreigners who hope to be evacuated. Thousands of workers from South Asia and West Africa are now stranded here, many without passports or any cash and with nowhere else to go. Crowding the floors of buildings inside the port are Indians, Pakistanis, Vietnamese, Thais and Filipinos. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Possessions  A foreign worker walks along the coastline in Benghazi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Port in a Storm  Foreign workers wait in queues in Benghazi on Saturday, Feb. 26, hoping to evacuate the country. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Benghazi, Feb. 25  After Friday prayers, Libyans protest in the heart of the rebel-controlled area, demanding the removal of Gaddafi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Ras Lanuf, March 10  Anti-Gaddafi rebels use anti-aircraft artillery against forces loyal to the Libyan leader. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### From on High  Libyans pray during protests in Benghazi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Effigy  A sign mocks the Libyan leader. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### In the Crowd  Women in Benghazi join the demonstration. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### A Point  Libyans take their anti-Gaddafi protests to the streets following Friday prayers. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Recovery  Family members visit people injured in the violence in a hospital. Fighting has subsided in Benghazi, in eastern Libya, but continues around the capital, Tripoli, which is still controlled by the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Fallen  A victim of the violence in Benghazi is aided. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Resting Place  Freshly dug graves appear at the cemetery in Benghazi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Service  A funeral is held for Ahmed Mohamed Elwerfali, who was killed during the violence in Benghazi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Tears  Benghazi residents at the cemetery mourn victims of the violence. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Benghazi, Feb. 24  Relatives of slain political prisoners and others protest in Benghazi on Thursday, Feb. 24\. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Lost in the Battle  A rebel killed in the fighting is carried by comrades. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Prayer  Demonstrators pray near a defaced Libyan tank in Benghazi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Flag  Benghazi is said to be the Libyan revolt's starting point. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Together  The uprising is fueled by popular anger against Gaddafi's 40-plus years of rule. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Colors  Some of the protesters in Benghazi painted their faces the color of the Libyan flag. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Torched  A man examines a burned-out car in Benghazi. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### Prison  Demonstrators drilled into this jail to look for prisoners in a compound belonging to government security forces. | Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME ### The Waiting  As the protesters hold on to eastern cities like Benghazi and Tobruk, the capital, Tripoli, remains under Gaddafi's control. 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