Tripoli falls to rebels, crowds celebrate in streets
AL-MAYA/TRIPOLI: Rebel fighters streamed into Tripoli as Muammar Kadhafi’s forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate, tearing down posters of the Libyan leader. A convoy of rebels entered a western neighbourhood of the city, firing their weapons into the air. Rebels said the whole of the city was under their control except Gaddafi’s More...
Libya: senior aide of Saif Gaddafi ‘sent to London for talks on exit strategy
A senior aide to Saif al-Islam, Col Gaddafi’s son, had been sent to London for secret talks according to reports, in an indication that the regime was looking for an exit strategy. There was even specualtion that More...
Libyan rebels flee east from Gaddafi bombardment
Libyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior arms and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi’s troops on Wednesday, exposing the insurgents’ weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales in More...
coalition continues pounding Gaddafi’s forces
NEAR AJDABIYA, Libya — Buoyed by U.S. and allied airstrikes that relieved a siege of Benghazi, Libyan rebels launched an offensive early Monday aimed at retaking the strategic city of Ajdabiya, as Western warplanes More...
