While France says Muammar Gaddafi could stay in Libya if he gives up power, revels on the ground were planning their next strategy.

Gaddafi loyalists have been making it hard for rebels to break the months-long seige. Opposition fighters have been aided by NATO strikes but the battle appears far from over.

Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from the western front near Misurata.