Jonathan Marcus BBC defence and diplomatic correspondent 
the rebels are advancing on several fronts against the Libyan capital Tripoli after weeks of military stalemate things seem now to be to move the ground in Libya.NATO claims that forces 'control of the main approaches are provided anti-Gaddafi to Tripoli". The Alliance of military spokesman on Tuesday argued that represent the progress of the rebels "most significant territorial gains for months".
The fighting is now about 40 km, 60 km (25 to 37 miles) from the Libyan capital.
In the West have National Transitional Council (NTC) to Sorman and Zawiya forces loyal to the rebels, advanced results in two cities on the coast road of the Tunisian border West of Tripoli.
A little South of Tripoli rebel troops, it is reported that Gharyan entered.
These advances are of vital strategic importance. Zawiya is the location of the only working refinery Col Muammar Gaddafi regime.
But the good road is also a major route for smuggled fuel from Tunisia. In addition to the coast route leads a second supply line South by Gharyan and then West to Tunisia.
So if Sorman, Zawiya and Gharyan by Col Gaddafi's opponent of the regime can be captured then, give two important routes to Tunisia be reduced.
Pressure builds a word of caution, though, is fine. The fighting is far from over. Many of the on location reports are sketchy.And so far shown the rebel fighters often have small military dynamics, their progress evaporate almost as soon as they are made.
But there are reasons to think things are changing. For starters, forces under pressure on all fronts are pro-Gaddafi.
NATO says that Col Gaddafi's forces in the East of Tripoli was pushed back from Misratah. There is also reportedly on the outskirts of Brega, between Tripoli and Benghazi to fight.
NATO, of course, has every reason to paint a positive picture of rebel gains.
However, it is likely that the cumulative impact of NATO is to feel air force finally. Recent air strikes have focused on command and control sites and areas that have powers of those pro-Gaddafi production were their attacks.
It seems with the constant daily wear of heavy machinery, clearly have tilted the balance.
Civilian testThe rebels success raises but all sorts of new questions.
Questions are now over after conflicts Libya appearance is thrownIf their profits is can, be consolidated this conflict his end game reach? And if so, how it terminate? Move rebels Tripoli itself or is a type of deal?
NATO Governments have closely with the NTC at a plan for working immediately after the conflict.
The lessons learned from the collapse of the Iraqi regime are still in everybody's mind. She don't want to see the chaos a power vacuum, revenge killings, looting and so on.
In fact of the final phase of this conflict, special problems for NATO their formal mandate, remember, is the defence of the civilian population of Libya.
Critics have argued that this is largely a fiction. NATO has waded on the one side of a civil war, they say, and its air operations have effectively, the balance is to tilt the road of Col Gaddafi to his opponents.
NATO's intervention began with the immediate aim of promoting people in Benghazi protect government troops.
To ensure, as a new system of the city having to progress was able to end the war with NATO the safety of the civilian population in Tripoli.
This is the real test of the agreements between Western Governments and the rebels and confidence in the NTC of the most important Western Governments as to be invested in the United Kingdom and France.
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