Libya's opposition forces had planned to advance westwards to the city of Tiji, which has one of the biggest military bases loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi in the region, but it has been temporalily put on hold.

Juma Ibrahim, spokesman for the rebels, told Al Jazeera in the Nafusa mountains that the group will not enter Tiji just yet to allow time for reconciliation efforts and to avoid inter-tribal conflict.

Opposition members say Gaddafi is responsible for sowing tensions by telling the city that the fighters are planning to attack it.

Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from the Nafusa mountains.