A rebel fighter prepares to shoot a rocket from a homemade weapon across the western front line in Dafnia, Libya.
Commander Ali Attallah Hadouth leads his men into battle just days before his death Wednesday on the western front line in Dafnia, Libya.
Mohammed Aldrbale, 19, prepares his weapon in a burnt out farmhouse on the western front line in Dafnia, Libya.
An unidentified soldier lies in a coma with head injuries in an ICU bed at Hekma hospital, Misurata. Images by Tracey Shelton for The National
Members of Wassatt El Medina unit shot across enemy lines on the western front in Dafina, Libya.
Commander Ali Attallah Hadouth leads a unit from the Wassatt El Medina rebel group in prayer before joining the battle as incoming rockets drop all around them.
Rebel fighters prepare to fire on Gaddafi troops across the western front line in Dafnia, Libya.
Members of Wassatt El Medina unit shot across enemy lines on the western front in Dafina, Libya.
16-year-old rebel fighter shoots at Gaddafi soldiers from a burnt out farmhouse on the western front line in Dafnia, Libya.
Commander Ali Attallah Hadouth leads his men into battle just days before his death Wednesday on the western front line in Dafnia, Libya.