Embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime controls no more than 10-15 percent of Tripoli, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday, after heavy fighting in the Libyan capital.

"We have seen opposition to the regime advance further over the last hours and we can say that at the present time no more than 10 to 15 percent of the town is still in the hands of the regime," he told SKY TG 24 television.