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US begins bombing Islamic State in LibyaUS planes bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the U.N.-backed government's request to help push the militants from their former stronghold of Sirte in what US officials described as the start of a sustained campaig More… |
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Libyan power station shuts down for lack of fuel after tanker attackA power station in a central Libyan city has shut down from lack of fuel, after war planes belonging to the country's official government bombed a tanker delivering supplies, officials of the state-owned power company said. &n More… |
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Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim caught in SirteMuammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim was captured in Sirte on Wednesday while trying to escape the town, the head of the Tripoli Revolutionary Council said. "He was arrested today in Sirte," Colonel Abdullah Naker told Reuters. He was taken to More… |
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Libya govt says captures Sirte targetsLibyan transitional government forces said on Sunday they had captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, but were holding off an assault on the main square to let civilians escape. Taking Si More… |
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Libyan forces mount attack on Gaddhafi townTransitional Libyan forces with heavy guns mounted on 100 vehicles swept into Sirte on Saturday in one of the biggest assaults in the battle for Muammar Gaddafi's hometown, but had to seek cover when they drew withering fire fro More… |
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NTC forces thrust deep into Gaddafi home townLibyan interim government forces backed by Nato warplanes have mounted their deepest thrust into Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, getting as close as half a kilometre from the centre of the deposed leader's coastal stronghold. More… |
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NTC extends Sirte surrender deadlineLibya's ruling National Transitional Council has extended by one week its deadline for the surrender of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's last bastion of support on the Mediterranean coast, an NTC spokesman said on Thursday. "They have extended the More… |
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Libyan forces close in on Gaddafi's home townLibyan forces closed in on Muammar Gaddafi's home town on Sunday, vowing to seize it by force if negotiations failed, and their leaders ruled out any talks with the deposed ruler, other than on the terms of his surrender. Gaddafi's More… |
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Rebels pull back under Gaddafi army fireMuammar Gaddafi's forces and some residents fired at Libyan rebels on the road east of the Libyan leader's home city overnight, pushing them back towards the town of Bin Jawad, rebels said. The rebel fighters had raced along the coastline More… |
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Gaddafi town seized say Libyan rebelsA Libyan rebel spokesman said Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte had been captured by the rebels on Monday, but no independent verification of the statement was immediately available. A foreign journalist in Sirte, contacted by teleph More… |
