Libyan chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil says he will defend national unity ‘with force’ if necessary after a faction declared autonomy for an eastern region.
Libyan students protested in Benghazi after angry demonstrators lobbed grenades and stormed the offices of the ruling NTC — then its deputy resigned.
Libya’s new rulers have said that they are ready to forgive the forces of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Despite continued gunfire and explosions near Tripoli, Libyan officials and fighters say a bloody local dispute has been resolved.
Libya’s NTC has elected a technocrat to head its transitional government as Nato ended the air campaign that played a major role in ousting Gaddafi.
Libya’s National Transitional Council needs the buy-in of all citizens to succeed
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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 rebel chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil says "the end is very near" for Moammar Gadaffi and that it will be "catastrophic".
Muammar Gaddafi accused the West on Wednesday of wanting to seize Libya’s oil and warned that a no-fly zone would backfire.