After six months of heavy fighting, Libyan forces have advanced so deep into the strategic city of Sirte that they can pick out the Tunisian and Egyptian accents of their Daesh enemies as they trade insults over the frontline.
Victory is imminent on (...)
Libyan forces repelled an attempted ambush but lost at least eight of their men as their battle with Daesh militants encircled in their former stronghold of Sirte resumed on Sunday, officials said.
A Dutch photojournalist, Jeroen Oerlemans, was also (...)
Libyan forces said they captured a residential neighborhood in central Sirte from Daesh on Monday, leaving just one district of the city still occupied by the militants.
Spokesman Rida Issa said Sirte's neighborhood Number One was "completely (...)
US planes bombed Daesh targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the UN-backed government's request to help push the militants from their former stronghold in the city of Sirte.
"The first air strikes were carried out at specific locations in Sirte (...)
When Western officials cajoled Libya's warring factions to support a unity government this year, they said it was a chance for the rival armed brigades to unite against the common enemy, Daesh.
Libyan forces may be close to winning the battle for (...)
Among the crumbling remains of the city Muammar Gaddafi once favored as the “capital of Africa”, frustration is simmering. Four months after Libya's leader met his end in his hometown Sirte, the fishing village he turned into a model city lies in (...)
Libya's revolutionary forces claim they have captured Muatassim Gaddafi, son of the deposed leader, as he tried to flee from Sirte. The unconfirmed reports come as loyalists hold out in just two small pockets of Gaddafi's home town.
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Fighters loyal to deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are now holding out in just two small pockets of his home town Sirte Wednesday, government commanders said after making gains overnight.
Fighters from the interim Libyan government's volunteer (...)
Libyan 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 Sirte would (...)
Many residents of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's birth-place, blame Libya's new rulers and their Western allies for the death and destruction unleashed on their city by weeks of fighting.
Most are reluctant to talk openly about their allegiances, for (...)
Libyan revolutionary forces fired rockets into the western half of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown Tuesday even as hundreds of residents streamed out of the city to flee the fighting.
Anti-Gaddafi fighters launched their offensive against Sirte last (...)
Libya's new rulers on Thursday stepped up the hunt for Muammar Gaddafi's inner circle, seeking the arrest of one of his sons, Saadi, and announcing the capture of his spokesman Mussa Ibrahim.
World police body Interpol issued an arrest notice (...)
Libyan provisional government forces entered the Sirte town on Saturday and came under heavy sniper fire as NATO planes roared overhead, Reuters journalists said.
Huge plumes of black smoke rose over the town as National Transitional Council (NTC) (...)
Libya's interim rulers said they had captured one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds deep in the Sahara desert, finding a secret stock of chemical weapons, and had largely taken control of another.
Poorly-organised fighters with the National (...)
Qa'dah 3, 1431, Oct 11, 2010, SPA -- The 2nd Arab-African Summit concluded its deliberations in the city of Sirte, Libya on Sunday.
The delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Summit was headed by Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of (...)
Qa'da 02, 1431/Oct 10, 2010, SPA-- The 2nd Arab-African Summit opened here today with the participation of more than 60 countries
The delegation of Saudi Arabia to the Summit is headed by Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The (...)
Qa'dah 02, 1431 / Oct. 10, 2010, SPA -- President Ali Abdullah Salih of Yemen met here today Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the 2nd Afro-Arab Summit currently held in Sirte, (...)
Qa'dah 02, 1431 / Oct. 10, 2010, SPA -- President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen met here today Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar on the sidelines of the 2nd Afro-Arab Summit currently held in Sirte, Libya.
During the meeting, they (...)
Qa'dah 02, 1431 / Oct. 10, 2010, SPA -- President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen met here today Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait on the sidelines of the 2nd Afro-Arab Summit currently held in Sirte, Libya.
During the meeting, they (...)
Faisal, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saturday said the upcoming referendum on Sudan's secession must be conducted in a fair and transparent manner.
“It is not justified that the Arab League sits on the fence about what happens in Sudan, (...)
President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia received here today Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the Extraordinary Arab Summit.
During the meeting, they discussed the (...)
Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Sirte extraordinary Arab summit conveyed the greetings and wishes of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin (...)
The extraordinary Arab Summit started in Libyan city of Sirte today.
The delegation of Saudi Arabia to the Summit is headed by Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Summit will discuss among other topics the mechanisms for (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stressed keenness on what would make a breakthrough on the Palestinian issue, condemning the continued Israeli intransigence and continuing attempts to thwart the efforts of peace based on the Arab peace initiative.
It (...)
Arab leaders Sunday ruled out renewed Middle East peace talks unless Israel halts all settlement building and urged US President Barack Obama to keep up his opposition.
At the end of a two-day summit in Libya, they called for Obama to remain loyal (...)
