The western Libyan city of Misrata came under heavy bombardment on Sunday by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesperson said.
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A spokesperson for Libyan rebels said the city of Misrata was freed from Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Saturday after a siege of nearly two months.
Nato air strikes may force Libya to halt fighting by its army in the besieged port of Misrata and let local tribes take over the battle.
Rebels welcomed a US decision to deploy Predator drones and Senator John McCain to Libya on Friday, where Gaddafi’s forces still have the upper hand.
The residents of Misrata in Libya have been under siege from government forces for seven weeks.
Dr Mohammed al-Fagieh, chief surgeon at Hilal Hospital in Misrata, carries around a gruesome catalogue of recent cases.
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam says a new Libyan constitution is ready for when government forces prevail over rebels trying to oust his father.
The Libyan government’s reported use of cluster munitions in Misrata may amount to crimes under international law, the UN said on Wednesday.
A rebel official in Libya’s besieged city of Misrata pleaded for Britain and France to send troops to help fight Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
The rebel council governing the Libyan city of Misrata said on Tuesday it was formally asking for Western troops to intervene to protect them.
A ferry rescued almost 1 000 people from Misrata on Monday and Britain said it plans to pick up 5 000 more.
Nato may have to intensify attacks on government forces to break the military stalemate in Libya, while the UN pushes to help trapped civilians.
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About 1 000 people have been killed and 3 000 injured in Libya’s third city Misrata since Muammar Gaddafi’s forces began attacking it.
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fired at least 100 Grad rockets into Misrata on Saturday, a rebel spokesperson said.
Human Rights Watch say Gaddafi’s army has fired the weapons, which cause massive damage and are banned in most states.
Nato leaders squabbled over the military campaign in Libya on Thursday, failing to agree on requested airstrike strategies against Gaddafi’s forces.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation foreign ministers gathered on Thursday in Berlin amid calls for increased air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
The AU and UN joined EU and Gulf states for the first time in calling for Gaddafi to step aside, as Nato bickered over how to support Libya’s rebels.
Ministers gathered in Qatar on Wednesday for talks on Libya’s future, with some eager to step up air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
The US has been asked to help track down lensman Anton Hammerl, missing in Libya, after President Zuma failed to raise his disappearance with Gaddafi.
An AU plan to halt Libya’s civil war collapsed, and rebels said the bloody siege of the city of Misrata made talk of a ceasefire meaningless.
Oil fell on Monday after Muammar Gaddafi appeared to accept a cease-fire plan, increasing the chances that Libyan crude will return to world markets.
President Zuma’s bid to halt Libya’s civil war collapsed after Gaddafi’s forces shelled a besieged city and rebels insisted "Brother Leader" must go.
Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the conflict in Libya including an immediate ceasefire, the African Union said on Monday.
Libyan rebels beat off a new assault by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on the besieged western city of Misrata, losing as many as 30 fighters.
Fighting erupted on the eastern front in Libya’s civil war on Saturday as a Red Cross ship brought medical supplies to the besieged city of Misrata.
The African Union ad hoc high level committee on Libya has been granted permission to enter Libya by Nato.
Gadaffi’s forces shelled Ajdabiya in Libya on Friday, as Nato expressed regret at the deaths caused by an alliance air strike on rebel tank
Britain will lift its ban on members of the Libyan regime entering the UK if they renounce their loyalty to Muammar Gaddafi.
After a week of stunning setbacks, Libya’s rebels continue to struggle with a lack of discipline.