September 29th Updates
New York: London: Tripoli: 10:00 AFP Libyan fighters have appealed to NATO to step up the air strikes against pro-Gaddafi targets in and around Bani Walid. An AFP correspondent said that despite heavy...
View ArticleVideo: Libyan fighters capture Sirte airport
Fighters supporting Libya’s National Transitional Council say they they are now in control of the airport in Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports.
View ArticleSeptember 30th Updates
New York: London: Tripoli: 10:27 Reuters Interpol issued an alert on Thursday calling for the arrest of a second son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, putting pressure on Niger to detain Saadi...
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Desperate civilians are fleeing the besieged Libyan coastal city of Sirte where the battle to dislodge fighters loyal to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi has caused heavy casualties,...
View ArticleOctober 1st Updates
New York: London: Tripoli: 17:36 Reuters Raking the night skies over Tripoli with gunfire to celebrate Muammar Gaddafi’s fall last month is lethal, bad for business and must stop, say residents of the...
View ArticleLibyan Jew returns home after 44-year exile
TRIPOLI, Oct 1 (Reuters) – In the walled old city of Tripoli, Libya’s independence flag pokes through crumbling buildings and a gang of children wielding toy pistols tear through dusty alleyways. In...
View ArticleOctober 20th Updates
New York: London: Tripoli: 17:55 Al Jazeera reports that Saif al Islam Gaddafi has been captured. 14:30 Al Jazeera NTC military official Abdul Hakim Belhaj has said that Gaddafi has indeed died. 13:44...
View ArticleLibyan fighters overrun Sirte
Fighters loyal to Libya’s transitional government have overrun the last positions held by Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists in the deposed leader’s home town of Sirte. “Sirte has been liberated. There are...
View ArticleWelcome to the LibyaFeb17.com archive site
Welcome to the LibyaFeb17.com archive site Having closely documented the Libyan Revolution, this version of the site has been moved to its dedicated archive domain so that it may remain a reference hub...
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