Libyan fighters chants slogans as they take control of Moammar Gadhafi loyalists' villages in the desert some 750 km south of Tripoli, at Gohta, north of the southern city of Sebbah, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Libyan fighters chants slogans as they take control of Moammar Gadhafi loyalists' villages in the desert some 750 km south of Tripoli, at Gohta, north of the southern city of Sebbah, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
A former rebel fighter flashes V-victory sign as smoke rises from Bani Walid, at the northern gate of the town, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Libyan fighters are streaming into Bani Walid, one of the remaining bastions of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi, in a new fierce push. The revolutionary forces, in dozens of pickup trucks mounted with heavy weapons, are making their way from the north into the town center. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 photo, revolutionary fighters fire at a Gadhafi loyalist position in Sirte, Libya. Over the past four days, the fighters have battled block by block into the western side of Sirte, along the beach and along a eucalyptus tree-lined main avenue parallel to the coast. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
A revolutionary fighter shoots artillery at a Gadhafi loyalist position in Sirte, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Over the past three days, the fighters have battled block by block into the western side of Sirte, along the beach and along a eucalyptus tree-lined main avenue parallel to the coast. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
Revolutionary fighters react after launching mortars at a Gadhafi loyalist position in Sirte, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Over the past three days, the fighters have battled block by block into the western side of Sirte, along the beach and along a eucalyptus tree-lined main avenue parallel to the coast. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? Facing little resistance, revolutionary fighters captured the airport and other locations in a southern desert city that is considered one of the last remaining strongholds of Moammar Gadhafi's forces, fighters said.
The capture of Sabha would be a major victory for Libya's new rulers, who have struggled to rout forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi a month after sweeping into Tripoli and forcing the ousted leader into hiding.
A push to capture Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte and the mountain enclave of Bani Walid have stalled as well-armed forces loyal to the fugitive leader have fought back fiercely with rockets and other heavy weaponry.
"Our flags are waving there over the airport and other parts of Sabha," Col. Ahmed Bani, the military spokesman for the transitional government, told reporters in Tripoli.
The airport is about four miles from the center of Sabha, 400 miles (650 kilometers) south of Tripoli.
Salam Kara, the Benghazi-based spokesman for Sabha's local council, said revolutionary forces also had seized an old fort as well as a convention center and a hospital inside the city.
"It is a great achievement by the rebels from all over the south and led by the rebels from inside of Sabha," he said, predicting more good news later Monday. "The resistance is not strong because Sabha's rebels have been holding protests for a long time and just needed help from outside."
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