So close and yet so far.<br/> Sirte is one of Muammar Gaddafi's last bastions.<br/> The city is encircled by National Transitional Council forces but Gaddafi loyalists are making sure their progress is slow.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FIELD COMMANDER, UMRAN AL-UWEYWI, SAYING:<br/> "We are advancing to gain ground to get control over some areas - the area around the airport, Gardabya - and the area right of the coastal road, and also Dahra, if the enemy has a presence in Dahra. Otherwise we would take it as our centre so all the rebels coming in from different areas can meet there and have control over a precise territory in the area right of the coastal road."<br/> As fighting continues, humanitarian organisations are worried about the worsening situation in Sirte.<br/> Taking the city would bring the NTC one step closer to gaining control of the whole country, more than a month after they seized the capital Tripoli.<br/> Gaddafi's whereabouts are still a cause of rumour and speculation.<br/> Lily Grimes, Reuters
