Libyan forces shell edge of rebel-held city

AJDABIYA, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled the eastern edge of Ajdabiya Sunday, bringing the fight to the front-line rebel town that has been the scene of fierce fighting in recent weeks.
Loud booms rocked the city throughout the morning, sending a column of cars — some with rebel fighters, others with families — fleeing north through a thick sandstorm to more securely held rebel territory.
Rebel forces fired back with rockets and no government forces entered the city, said rebel fighter Awad Sathi.

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Libyan rebels bear down on Gadhafi's hometown

BIN JAWWAD, Libya – Rebel forces bore down Monday on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a key government stronghold where a brigade headed by one of the Libyan leader's sons was digging in to defend the city and setting the stage for a bloody and possibly decisive battle.

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Strikes raise pressure on Gadhafi, rebels alike

BENGHAZI, Libya – Fighter jets hit aircraft and a crossroads military base deep inside Libya on Thursday and NATO sailors prepared to board suspect ships, blocking new weapons and foreign fighters from resupplying Moammar Gadhafi's depleted forces by land, sea and air. France set a timeframe on the international action at days or weeks — not months.

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Defiant Kadhafi says Libya is ready for battle

TRIPOLI (AFP) – A defiant Moamer Kadhafi said Libya is "ready for battle" as Western leaders mulled their next steps on Wednesday, the fifth day of UN-backed military strikes on his oil-rich country.
"We will win this battle," footage showed Kadhafi telling supporters at his Bab Al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli that was the target of a coalition missile strike.

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Libyan forces intensify shelling of rebels in east

AJDABIYA, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's forces intensified the shelling of rebel positions outside a strategic eastern city Wednesday as they fought to prevent the opposition from taking advantage of the 5-day-old international air campaign to regroup in the east.

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Gadhafi vows 'long war' after US, allies strike

TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi vowed a "long war" against the international military force that struck at his forces with airstrikes and dozens of cruise missiles that shook the Libyan capital early Sunday with the sound of explosions and anti-aircraft fire. In the capital of the rebel-held east, the Libyan leader's guns appeared to go silent.

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Libya cease-fire aims to outflank no-fly zone

TRIPOLI, Libya – Trying to outmaneuver Western military intervention, Moammar Gadhafi's government declared a cease-fire on Friday against the rebel uprising faltering against his artillery, tanks and warplanes. The opposition said shells rained down well after the announcement and accused the Libyan leader of lying.

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U.S. mulls air strikes as battle for Benghazi looms

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan government soldiers battled rebels on the road to the insurgent stronghold of Benghazi on Thursday as the United States raised the possibility of air strikes to stop Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

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Chavez, allies lead push for Libya mediation

 

 

By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Ian James, Associated Press 

CARACAS, Venezuela – As Moammar Gadhafi finds himself increasingly isolated internationally, he still has at least a few friends far away.

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Fearing attack, Libya rebels fortify eastern town

TOBRUK, Libya – Rebels say they are fortifying the town of Ajdabiya against a possible assault by advancing forces loyal to Libya's longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.

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Gadhafi forces assault western rebel-held town

By RYAN LUCAS and DIAA HADID, Associated Press Ryan Lucas And Diaa Hadid, Associated Press – 7 mins ago

TOBRUK, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's forces have launched an assault on a rebel-held town west of Tripoli near the Tunisian border.

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Kadhafi forces launch new attacks

By Karim Talbi, AFP

AJDABIYA, Libya (AFP) - Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi on Monday launched attacks on a key town that rebels have vowed to defend, as leading nations began talks on the crisis.

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British team leaves Libya after 'difficulties': minister

Libyan rebel fighters man a check point in the outskirts of Ras Lanuf on March 6, 2011. Britain said a "small diplomatic team" had left the Libyan city of Benghazi after trying to contact opposition forces, as rebels there made it clear they had refused to talk to them. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt)

By Ben Parry, AFP

LONDON (AFP) - Britain said a "small diplomatic team" had left the Libyan city of Benghazi after trying to contact opposition forces, as rebels there made it clear they had refused to talk to them.

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UN calls for $160 mn to help Libya conflict victims

A refugee who fled the unrest in Libya, walks past tents at the Choucha refugee camp, near the Tunisian border town of Ras Jdir. The United Nations has called for $160 million (114 million euros) to cover the needs of those who have fled Libya as well as others who remained trapped in the strife-torn north African country. (AFP/File/Joel Saget)

By AFP

GENEVA (AFP) - The United Nations called Monday for $160 million (114 million euros) to cover the needs of those who have fled Libya as well as others who remained trapped in the strife-torn north African country.

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Gulf states back Libya no-fly zone

Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) General Secretary Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah addresses journalists as he arrives for a meeting of GCC's Foreign ministers in Abu Dhabi. The six Gulf Arab states expressed support for a no-fly zone over Libya on Monday, amid divisions among the major powers over military intervention in the North African nation. (AFP/Karim Sahib)

By Wissam Keyrouz, AFP

ABU DHABI (AFP) - The six Gulf Arab states expressed support for a no-fly zone over Libya on Monday, amid divisions among the major powers over military intervention in the North African nation.

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Libyan oil output down by more than two-thirds

Libyan National Oil Corporation chairman and CEO Shukri Ghanem speaks during a press conference in Tripoli. Libyan oil output is down by more than two-thirds from 1.6 million barrels per day to just 500,000 amid the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi's regime, Ghanem said Wednesday. (AFP/Mahmud Turkia)

By Antoine Lambroschini, AFP

TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libyan oil output is down by more than two-thirds from 1.6 million barrels per day to just 500,000 amid the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi's regime, National Oil Corporation boss Shukri Ghanem said Wednesday.

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Fears for Libya refugees after numbers drop

A Sudanese refugee who fled Libya walks at the Choucha refugee camp, near the Tunisian border town of Ras Jdir. International officials Wednesday said they believed it was possible refugees fleeing Libya were being held back due to a sudden drop in the number trying to cross the border into Tunisia. (AFP/Dominique Faget)

By AFP

RAS JDIR, Tunisia (AFP) - International officials Wednesday said they believed it was possible refugees fleeing Libya were being held back due to a sudden drop in the number trying to cross the border into Tunisia.

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Scuffles between Tunisian troops, stranded workers

Men, who worked in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, wait for buses to be repatriated in a refugee camp at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Thursday, March 10, 2011. The 20,000-capacity transit camp for thousands of migrant workers who have fled the fighting in Libya in the past two weeks is about seven kilometers (four miles) from the Libyan border and is expanding with each day of crisis in Libya. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

By EMILIO MORENATTI, AP

RAS AJDIR, Tunisia (AP) — Scuffles erupted Thursday at a transit camp for thousands of migrant workers who fled fighting in Libya and are stranded in neighboring Tunisia.

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Rebels repel Gaddafi assault on Libya oil port

Anti-Gaddafi rebels prepare their surface-to-air (SAM)-7 rocket launcher in case of air strikes as pro-Gaddafi forces took over the city of Ras Lanuf March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

By Michael Georgy and Maria Golovnina, Reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan rebels repelled a counter-offensive by leader Muammar Gaddafi's troop on Friday, but appealed to foreign powers to impose a no-fly zone to stop further attacks overrunning their three-week uprising.

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Clinton wades into Arab revolutions on overseas tour

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves on Sunday for an overseas tour to find ways to help the Libyan opposition oust a third Arab leader and maintain the momentum of democracy revolutions. (AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

By Lachlan Carmichael, AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves on Sunday for an overseas tour to find ways to help the Libyan opposition oust a third Arab leader and maintain the momentum of democracy revolutions.

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