Rebel forces hold key city, move west

Rebels take back critical Libyan citySTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Explosion in Tripoli; plane heard"Winds of change are starting to blow," opposition saysMisrata doctor reports victims of sniper fire Rebel forces took control of Ajdabiya overnight Ajdabiya, Libya (CNN) -- The retreat of Moammar Gadhafi's forces from a key eastern city Saturday reinvigorated the opposition, which began taking the fight west toward the capital of Tripoli.

By Saturday evening, advancing opposition fighters had reached the outskirts of the city of Brega, to the west of Ajdabiya, said opposition spokesman Col. Ahmed Omar Bani.

"The winds of change are starting to blow," Bani told reporters in Benghazi.

Gadhafi's troops fell back after days of fierce fighting in Ajdabiya, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told reporters. He said the coalition's airstrike attacks were direct and the Libyan military decided to withdraw.

Meanwhile, an especially loud explosion and the subsequent sound of a plane, most likely belonging to the allies, were heard late Saturday in Tripoli, but there was no anti-aircraft fire in response.

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