Allies say, progress, has been made in their air campaign, against Gadhafi's forces who've air defenses they say have been neutralized. The United States says it will soon scale down its military actions there.

The US commander in Africa said that coalition warplanes fired 12 more cruise missiles at Libyan targets including command and air defense sites, as they continued to enforce a no-fly zone over the North African nation.

The commander has reiterated the coalition is not aiming to "completely destroy" Gadhafi's military, and is only targeting those defying an international mandate.

The commander also said the imposed no-fly zone is expanding, and will soon cover a 1,000-km area.

A British military spokesman says the air strikes on Libya have been effective in preparation for enforcing the no-fly zone.

John Lorimer said, "We are satisfied that our attacks and those of our partners have been highly effective in degrading the Libyan air defenses and command and control capability as part of our setting the conditions to enforce the no fly zone."

In Paris, a top adviser to the French President said the goal of the international action had not been "totally achieved", but progress had been made.

Henri Guaino, Top Advisor to French President, said, "The goal is not totally achieved.The number of civilian victims has decreased a lot, the aggression against the population has nearly stopped, Libyan tanks are not moving any more, most of the missiles have been destroyed."

Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera television reported forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the town of Zintan in western Libya for several hours on Monday.

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