Libya’s interim rulers said they had captured one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds in the Sahara desert, finding a stock of chemical weapons.
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/ 18 September 2011
Nearly a month after Muammar Gaddafi’s foes overran Tripoli, Libya’s interim council is unable to declare all of the nation "liberated".
A spokesperson for Muammar Gaddafi has accused Nato of killing 354 people in overnight air strikes on the city of Sirte.
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/ 15 September 2011
French and British leaders will visit Libya on Thursday to congratulate the new rulers they helped install.
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/ 13 September 2011
The interim council is struggling to assert its control over the entire country and capture a handful of stubbornly defended pro-Gaddafi towns.
Libyan forces have converged on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte hoping to seal their revolution by seizing the last bastions of the strongman.
Thousands of South Sudanese danced in the streets on Saturday to mark their long-awaited independence.
The western Libyan city of Misrata came under heavy bombardment on Sunday by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesperson said.
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi kept up an offensive on the rebels’ eastern frontline outpost of Ajdabiyah.
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fired at least 100 Grad rockets into Misrata on Saturday, a rebel spokesperson said.