Spokesman: Horror in Misrata grows with fresh shelling, little aid
The nightmare in Libya's war-torn city of Misrata intensified Monday amid more shelling on the city and desperate measures to get medical care, an opposition spokesman said.
View ArticleExplosions, planes heard in Tripoli; rebels seize border crossing
Large explosions and the sound of jets over Tripoli Thursday night indicated NATO has likely increased the intensity of its air strikes on Moammar Gadhafi's key command and control military sites.
View ArticleOfficial: 3 dead in airstrike at Gadhafi's compound
An airstrike Saturday hit a parking lot outside the compound in central Tripoli of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, killing three people, a government spokesman said.
View Article22 killed as Libyan rebels make key gains in besieged western city
Rebels claimed a significant breakthrough Saturday in Misrata, a bloody stage in the battle for Libya against forces loyal to strongman Moammar Gadhafi.
View ArticleWitness: NATO airstrike kills 11 rebels in Misrata
A NATO airstrike Wednesday on the seaside town of Misrata killed 11 rebel fighters and wounded two others, witnesses told a reporter, who saw the bodies.
View ArticleLibyan government shelling of Misrata residential area said to resume
Government shelling of the seaside town of Misrata resumed Thursday afternoon, with heavy artillery and mortars targeting residential areas, killing 10 people, a member of the medical committee of the...
View ArticleLibya says Gadhafi's son killed in airstrike, vows death to 'invaders'
The Libyan government said Sunday that ruler Moammar Gadhafi's son and three of his grandchildren died in a NATO airstrike that the longtime strongman and his wife survived.
View ArticleExplosion rocks rebel stronghold in Libya
An explosion rocked Benghazi's main square on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to say it was the work of the country's longtime strongman, Moammar Gadhafi.
View ArticlePro-Gadhafi forces bomb fuel depots in contested Libyan city
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces bombed key fuel depots in the contested city of Misrata Saturday, destroying six containers and causing a massive fire, a rebel spokesman said.
View ArticleU.N. envoy holds cease-fire talks in Tripoli
A U.N. envoy held talks in Libya on Sunday, as NATO warplanes kept up their bombardment of forces loyal to longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafi, Libyan government officials said.
View ArticleNATO aircraft pound Tripoli; government says 3 dead, 150 injured
NATO aircraft launched more than a dozen strikes on the Libyan capital early Tuesday, and smoke could be seen rising from the area near Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's Bab-al-Azizia compound in Tripoli.
View ArticleNATO aircraft pound Tripoli; U.S. envoy courts rebels
A barrage of at least 18 rockets struck Tripoli Tuesday, killing 19 people and wounding another 150 in the heaviest onslaught since NATO's aerial strikes began, a government official told CNN.
View ArticleExplosions erupt for second consecutive night in Tripoli
Explosions erupted in Tripoli for a second consecutive night Wednesday into Thursday morning as NATO jets struck a vocational secondary school, a Libyan government official said.
View ArticleLibya: What you need to know
Three months after protests against Moammar Gadhafi began in Libya, the country seems to be grinding into a stalemated civil war.
View ArticleGadhafi: 'We will not surrender, we will not give up'
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi vowed Tuesday that "we will not surrender," even as NATO airstrikes bombarded his compound in Tripoli.
View ArticleLibyan rebels repel fierce attack by government forces on Misrata
Heavy fighting that began at dawn and continued past midnight Friday left at least 31 people dead Saturday in the western Libyan city of Misrata, where rebel forces thwarted efforts by government...
View ArticleLibya rebels claim talks with France over weapons supply
The French government is in talks with Libyan rebels about supplying them with weapons and ammunition, a Libyan opposition military spokesman in Misrata said late Thursday.
View ArticleRebel leader: Gadhafi can stay in Libya
Libya's rebel leader says he does not have a problem with Moammar Gadhafi remaining in the country, once he resigns and as long as he remains under supervision, according to a television report.
View ArticleDiplomat: Russia, France spar over weapons drops in Libya
In a contentious closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday, Russia criticized France's decision to airlift weapons to rebel forces in Libya, according to a Western diplomat present during the...
View ArticleNew airstrikes rattle Tripoli in Libya conflict
Fighting between Libyan rebels and government troops raged around the eastern Libyan oil town of Brega throughout the weekend as NATO warplanes launched a sustained pre-dawn raid on Tripoli's eastern...
View ArticleLibyan government vows to hold oil city against rebels
Libyan government troops will turn the strategic oil city of al-Brega into "hell" rather than let it fall into the hands of advancing rebel forces, a government spokesman said Monday.
View ArticleLibya's Zlitan increasingly in rebel, NATO sights
Firefighters battled a blaze caused by NATO airstrikes at a food-storage complex Monday in Zlitan, increasingly a front-line city in the conflict between Libyan government troops and rebels fighting to...
View ArticleRetreating Gadhafi forces leave behind deadly mines
The front lines of Libya's grinding war weave through the western mountains and around Zlitan, the last city east of Tripoli still under the grip of strongman Moammar Gadhafi.
View ArticleRebels in western Libyan town claim victory over Gadhafi forces
Libyan rebel forces gained ground against ruler Moammar Gadhafi's forces Saturday after a massive offensive in the western town of Bir Al-Ghanam.
View ArticleHigh-level Tripoli government official leaves Libya
A senior government official arrived Monday in Cairo amid rumors that he had defected, Egypt's state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported.
View ArticleNATO cites 'significant advances' in Libya
Over the past few days, anti-Gadhafi forces have made "significant advances" -- in the northwest and in the regions of Misrata and al-Brega -- a spokesman for NATO's military operation told reporters...
View ArticleAdvancing rebels in western Libya face snipers, shelling
Rebel fighters in Libya, trying to take over a key western city, faced stiff resistance from Moammar Gadhafi's forces on Wednesday, a rebel commander said.
View ArticleAre Libya's rebels edging closer to victory?
The conflict in Libya has at times seemed as much a war of words as a war on the ground, with both the Gadhafi government and the rebel forces claiming to hold the upper hand. But could reports of...
View ArticleAnalysis: As Libyan conflict grinds on, NATO's mission shifts
Six months and more than 17,000 air sorties after it began, NATO's Operation Unified Protector in the skies over Libya grinds on.
View ArticleGadhafi regime appears to be 'crumbling' as rebels advance in Tripoli
An amateur league of ill-trained rebel fighters appears to be on the brink of toppling Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year rule after reportedly capturing two of the leader's sons and infiltrating the Libyan...
View ArticleGadhafi son reappears in Tripoli, claims father is safe
Two of Moammar Gadhafi's sons, who had been reported captured over the weekend, were free early Tuesday as forces loyal to the embattled Libyan leader battled rebels trying to consolidate their hold on...
View ArticleA timeline of the conflict in Libya
Fighting in Libya started with anti-government demonstrations in February and escalated into a civil war.
View ArticleLibya's hospitals flooded with war victims
Even as Moammar Gadhafi's forces appeared in disarray, there was no letup Wednesday in casualties in the war with rebels here.
View ArticleTripoli awash in guns, rumors amid Gadhafi hunt
Fugitive Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's compound was strewn with shell casings and litter two days after its capture by rebel forces, while the bodies of a dozen bound men lay in a nearby intersection.
View ArticleRebels seize pro-Gadhafi stronghold near airport
After days of fighting, Libyan rebel forces gained control overnight of a tenacious pocket of resistance near Tripoli's airport.
View ArticleAnalysis: Battle for Libya not quite over
Ten days ago the vanguard of rebel forces streamed into the Libyan capital. Moammar Gadhafi's forces put up virtually no resistance, and it seemed that the end of Libya's six-month conflict was imminent.
View ArticleGadhafi loyalists given one more week to surrender
Libya's interim leadership gave Moammar Gadhafi loyalists one more week to surrender before they face military force in the last bastions of the strongman's power.
View ArticleLibyan rebels say they have Gadhafi surrounded
Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been surrounded and has no way of leaving the area, Anees al-Sharif, a spokesman for the Tripoli Military Council, told CNN on Wednesday.
View ArticleFighters near Gadhafi stronghold meet stiff resistance
Libya's opposition fighters launched an assault on one of Moammar Gadhafi's last bastions of support on Saturday, but they met stiff resistance and some even pulled back, military commanders said
View ArticleAnti-Gadhafi fighters briefly enter ex-leader's stronghold
Troops loyal to Libya's transitional government punched deep into the heart of ousted strongman Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte on Thursday, while Britain and France pledged their full support for...
View ArticleAfter a day of intense fighting, anti-Gadhafi forces pull back
Revolutionary forces attacked loyalist strongholds Friday in a failed attempt to snuff out continuing resistance from forces loyal to ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
View ArticleRevolutionaries face fierce fight in Gadhafi's hometown
In an effort to hold onto the few remaining places they still control in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi's forces put up stiff resistance again Saturday as revolutionaries fought to wrest control of the...
View ArticleAnti-Gadhafi forces suffer losses in Sirte, rejoice freedom elsewhere
Revolutionary forces in Libya suffered a sizable blow after more than 20 fighters were killed in the northern city of Sirte Sunday, the country's transitional government said Monday.
View ArticleLibya fighters put pressure on regime holdouts
Troops loyal to Libya's new leaders maintained strong momentum Tuesday against pro-Moammar Gadhafi holdouts as they planned an assault on one loyalist city and moved into another without resistance.
View ArticleLibyan fighters put pressure on regime holdouts
South Africa and the African Union have recognized the National Transitional Council as Libya's legitimate rulers.
View ArticleAnti-Gadhafi forces take over port in Sirte
About 200,000 Libyans remain under threat as Moammar Gadhafi loyalists battle to the end in the only two areas still contested in Libya: Bani Walid and Sirte, the coastal birthplace of the fallen leader.
View ArticleAnti-Gadhafi tribes clash in two Libyan locales
Members of two Libyan tribes -- who fought together to unseat Moammar Gadhafi and his loyalists -- clashed Saturday, infighting among opposition forces that comes as a key ally of the longtime leader...
View ArticleOfficial: Gadhafi likely to be buried Tuesday
As questions linger about his death and those of dozens of others, ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is likely to be buried Tuesday -- five days after he was killed in Sirte, and shortly after his...
View ArticleNTC will investigate allegations of crimes against pro-Gadhafi forces,...
Allegations of vengeful attacks against residents of Tawergha and Sirte -- both cities believed to have sided with former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi -- will be investigated, a military spokesman for...
View ArticleRights group: NATO failed to investigate airstrike casualties in Libya
A leading human rights organization accused NATO on Monday of failing to investigate civilian deaths caused by its airstrikes in Libya that aided in the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi.
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