He stated that they managed to push 3 km inside the city but were suffering high casualties due to fire from snipers, without giving a number.[24] At 16:15, an Al Jazeera field reporter said that the rebels had taken control of a key highway running through Zawiya, the one that links Tunisia to Tripoli.[25] Ongoing fighting was occurring in the southern Surnam district where loyalist forces had been shelling rebels with artillery from inside the city.[4] A NATO spokesman said: "Nothing is certain yet and there is no confirmation about who has control of Zawiya because the situation changes every day."[26]