Libyan fighters have made major progress into Sirte, the home city of toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi.

National Transitional Council (NTC) forces said on Sunday they had managed to take control of Al Giza district, where a large number of pro-Gaddafi forces were based, as well as city's university, and Ibn Sina hospital.

Some 15 Gaddafi loyalists were captured from the hopsital, a witness told the Reuters news agency.

Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Tripoli, sends this update.