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Libyans brave violence to grasp first free polls
Liibyans defied violence and boycott calls to rush to the polls in their first free national election in 60 years on Saturday, parting with the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship....Published: 07 Jul 2012 at 20:34hrs | | by Reuters
NATO acknowledges killing civilians in Tripoli
NATO has acknowledged responsibility for an air strike that killed a number of civilians in Tripoli, the Libyan capital.A statement from the alliance said that a military missile site was the...Published: 19 Jun 2011 at 21:21hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Gaddafi forces bombard Ajdabiya, Misrata
Ajdabiya - Regime forces bombarded rebels west of Ajdabiya, forcing hundreds of residents and some fighters to flee the key crossroads town, as a refugee rescue...Published: 18 Apr 2011 at 06:47hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Gaddafi accepts cease-fire, rebels say he must go
Muammar Gaddafi accepted an African Union plan to end the Libyan civil war but rebels said on Monday there could be no deal unless he leaves power, and there was no sign of a let-up in the fight...Published: 11 Apr 2011 at 09:51hrs | | by Reuters
Is Obama already arming Libyan rebels
US President Barack Obama has said he does not rule out arming the rebels seeking to overthrow Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.He said in an interview that Col Ga...Published: 30 Mar 2011 at 08:18hrs | | by Byo24News
Libyan rebels wins back Ajdabiya, now heading for Brega
Libyan rebels took back control of the key eastern city of Ajdabiya Saturday, in a blow to the regime of strongman Moammar Gadhafi. "We are in the centre of Brega," rebel fighter Abdelsalam al...Published: 26 Mar 2011 at 17:36hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Libya Threatens To Attack Mediterranean Planes and Ships
Aljazeera English reports on the eruption of delight in Benghazi at the announcement Thursday evening New York time that the UN Security Council had authorized a no-fly zone over Libya and the taking...Published: 18 Mar 2011 at 06:33hrs | | by Byo24News
Benghazi at great risk [atrocities], if recaptured by Muammar Gaddafi's troops
Human Rights Watch warned of the risk of "atrocities" and a terrible retribution on residents of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi if the rebel stronghold is...Published: 17 Mar 2011 at 16:26hrs | 3 | by Byo24NEWS
Gaddafi's forces pushes rebel fighters off oil port
Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushed rebel fighters from the strategic oil port of Ras Lanouf today, driving the opposition from the city with a withering rain of artillery fire.The lightly armed ...Published: 10 Mar 2011 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Libya, Hospital figures shows 7 killed and 50 injured in Bin Jawad
Ajdabiya, Libya - At least seven people were killed and more than 50 wounded in clashes between Libyan rebels and supporters of Gaddafi at the coastal hamlet o...Published: 07 Mar 2011 at 06:15hrs | | by By024News
Pro-Qaddafi Forces Hit Besieged City
TRIPOLI, Libya - Each side of the conflict in Libya pushed forward on Saturday as militia forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi launched a second day of attac...Published: 05 Mar 2011 at 22:47hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Gaddafi launches renewed air-strikes
BREGA, Libya - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi launched renewed airstrikes against two rebel-held towns yesterday, a day after citizens repelled a...Published: 05 Mar 2011 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Brain L. Samuels
I will kill my people if the West intervenes: Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi warns "thousands" would die if the West intervened in Libya as rebels repulsed a fierce onslaught by his forces on a key oil town.As the world clamoured ...Published: 03 Mar 2011 at 07:44hrs | | by Byo24News
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