Follow latest updates at http://twitter.com/rt_com and http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Turkey's state-run TV has quoted the foreign minister as saying Turkey's demands have been met and NATO will now take command of the Libya military operation. NATO needs the approval of all 28 of its members to do that, and Turkey had set conditions that were a stumbling block.
This comes as coalition forces have launched airstrikes on the country for almost a week, with explosions and gunfire shaking Tripoli and other Libyan cities. Fighting between Colonel Gaddafi's troops and the opposition is intensifying in the west of the country.
