Rebel fighters make tea at the Brega checkpoint, now in government control, besides burning tires that had been lit by the fighters to provide cover from air strikes.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

The checkpoint by town of Ras Lanuf, now in government control, after an unsuccessful air strike.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

A rebel fighter makes coffee in a hotel in Ras Lanuf that had been taken over by the opposition forces. The fighters looted most of the hotel valuables in the following days.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

A man prays at dawn at the checkpoint by the Ras Lanuf oil refinery.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

Rebel fighters relax by the checkpoint near the town of Ras Lanuf.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

Donated food is handed out at the checkpoint by the town of Ras Lanuf.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

A group of fighters at dusk beside the Brega checkpoint.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

Children gather used ammunition casings beside the Ajdabiya checkpoint, now the westernmost bulwark of Libya’s “free east.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

A rebel fighter walks beside boxes of ammunition at the checkpoint near the Ras Lanuf oil refinery, seen in the background.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

A fighter carries an RPG launcher on the road outside of Brega.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

Rebel fighters share a cup of tea at the checkpoint beside the town of Ras Lanuf.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]

A fire is lit before dawn at the checkpoint beside the Ras Lanuf oil refinery.
- [Nichole Sobecki/GlobalPost]