Anti-Gaddafi forces will today attack part of Colonel Gaddafi's home town where loyalists remain holed up - amid signs the battle is nearly over. Sky's Alex Rossi, reporting from the front line, said fighters loyal to the National Transitional Council (NTC) have advanced deep into the city taking the university, conference centre, hospital and main police station. They claim supporters of Col Gaddafi remain in just one area, known as district 2, in the northwest of the city. Rossi said: "The fall of Sirte is inevitable - most likely today. "The big question is who is inside this city and why have they put up such a resistance. "It is believed senior members of the Gaddafi regime have been here and were resisting so much because they know what fate awaits them." One of Gaddafi's sons is reportedly hiding in Sirte The head of the NTC has arrived in Sirte, as the fighting continues. Sky's security editor Sam Kiley said the rebels have reached a crucial point in the battle for Sirte: "I think the rebels now have decided they have to go for it. "If this drags on for much longer they simply won't have the manpower or the resources to be able to sustain a siege of the Gaddafi forces for very much longer." Anti-Gaddafi forces have reportedly raised their flag on top of the Libyan city's convention centre. One of the commanders in Sirte said he had reports that one of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's sons and several senior officials from the regime were hiding in villas in the city.
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