The NATO Council will hold an emergency meeting on the situation in Libya, a diplomatic source close to the military alliance said.
The meeting, proposed by the U.S., may take place in Brussels on Tuesday, the source said.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has repeatedly said that the alliance was considering various options against Libya, including possible military action, but said any intervention in Libya would be strictly in line with the UN Security Council decisions.
Turkish Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already warned against NATO military intervention in Libya. Turkey is one of NATO's oldest members and has the second largest army in the alliance after the United States. France and Britain have expressed their readiness to carry out military strikes against Libya if Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's warplanes bomb civilians.
The Arab League decided on Saturday to ask the UN Security Council to implement a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent airstrikes against rebels by forces loyal to Gaddafi.
Fierce clashes between Libyan rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces have been raging in the country since mid-February, claiming thousands of lives. Since last week, Gaddafi supporters have been pushing back insurgents, regaining control over many of their strongholds in the country's northeast.
Pro-Gaddafi forces attacked the rebel-held town of Zuwarah in northwestern Libya on Monday, pushing rebel forces out, Al Jazeera reported. Military forces also launched air strikes on the Libyan towns of Ajdabiya and Brega on Monday.
BRUSSELS, March 14 (RIA Novosti)
