Turkey has recognised the rebel Transitional National Council as the true representative of Libya’s people. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu: “I am here to express solidarity with the Libyan people” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said it was time for (Continue Reading…)
BENGHAZI, Libya, July 3 (Reuters) – Turkey pledged $200 million in aid for Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council and said it was time for leader Muammar Gaddafi to leave Libya. “Public demand for reforms should be answered, Gaddafi should go and (Continue Reading…)
Libyan Freedom Fighters continue their struggle against Muammer Gaddafi loyalists; for the rebels it is a matter of life or death. Libyan rebel fighters carry a comrade wounded during house-to-house fighting [GALLO/GETTY] “You rats, you sons of rats, we (Continue Reading…)
Libyan rebels paraded in Benghazi as Kadhafi supporters rallied in Tripoli (AFP/File, Patrick Baz) BENGHAZI, Libya — Buoyed by French arms drops and intensified NATO air strikes on the regime’s frontline armour, Libya’s rebel army said it is poised for (Continue Reading…)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Efforts to pressure Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi out of power are succeeding, and there will not be stability in Libya until he steps down, U.S. national security adviser Tom Donilon said. In a transcript of an interview to (Continue Reading…)
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO said Saturday it has begun ramping up its air strikes on military targets in western Libya, where rebel forces claim a string of advances through territory still largely under Moammar Gadhafi’s control. Gadhafi’s regime is (Continue Reading…)
BENGHAZI, Libya — Hours after thousands packed Tripoli’s Green Square cheering for Moamer Kadhafi, Mohammed said the still warm body of his nephew was dumped outside the family home with two bullets in his head. Mohammed told AFP why he (Continue Reading…)
BENGHAZI, Libya, July 2 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels said on Saturday they were gearing up for a new advance on Tripoli from the southwest in the next two days after their forces were pushed back by government troops earlier this week. (Continue Reading…)
Libyan rebel fighters help themselves to weapons from an abandoned Gaddafi ammunition dump bombed by NATO a few days ago, approximately 40 kms (25 miles) southeast of Zintan, June 28, 2011. MADRID/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped (Continue Reading…)
British Apache helicopters were involved in the raid in western Libya British Apache helicopters targeted a military base being used by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. The raid, on Friday night, targeted the al (Continue Reading…)
