Tag: Gaddafi

Sirte exodus as ICRC warns of medical emergency

Streams of civilians fled Muammar Gaddafi’s besieged home town of Sirte on Sunday as the international Red Cross warned of a medical emergency and...

Civilians flee Sirte battle, fighting hampers aid

Civilians fled Sirte on Friday as interim government forces pounded the coastal city in an effort to dislodge fighters loyal to ousted leader Muammar...

Interpol issues arrest notice for Saadi

World police body Interpol issued an arrest notice Thursday for fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi for alleged crimes during his time as...

Gaddafi loyalists force NTC fighters to retreat from Sirte

Ferocious attacks by Gaddafi diehards forced fighters of Libya’s new rulers to retreat from the ousted strongman’s birthplace Sirte, where a tank shell killed...

Anti-Gaddafi fighters pounded in fight for Sirte

Anti-Gaddafi forces took heavy losses as they pushed Wednesday towards the ousted despot's compound in his birthplace Sirte, while also being beaten back in...

Gaddafi says still in Libya, ready for martyrdom

Fugitive Libyan strongman Moamer Gaddafi has told his supporters that he is still fighting on the ground and is ready to die a martyr,...

Gaddafi hometown encircled, bombarded

Anti-Gaddafi fighters Monday encircled the ousted leader’s hometown of Sirte on the Mediterranean coast from the east, south and west and NATO warplanes pounded...

How to win business in Libya

In August, as rebels fought forces loyal to President Muammar Gaddafi, two representatives of a British business consortium took a "rather long and arduous...

Senior Gaddafi general captured in south: official

A senior general loyal to Muammer Gaddafi has been captured in the southern Libya, an official from the country's new regime told AFP Tuesday,...

Gaddafi’s son sighted in Libya

Fierce fighting raged Monday in Bani Walid as new regime fighters attacked the oasis town where a son of Muammar Gaddafi is believed holed...

Blair paid ‘secret’ visits to Gaddafi

Former British prime minister Tony Blair made two private trips to see Muammer Gaddafi in the run-up to the release of the Lockerbie bomber,...

NTC fighters surge into Gaddafi hometown

Columns of fighters loyal to Libya's new leaders surged into Moamer Gaddafi's hometown Sirte on Friday, sparking battles with loyalists in three sectors including...

Anti-Gaddafi troops enter Bani Walid

Libyan fighters poured into a desert town held by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Friday as explosions and gunfire echoed around the town's...

Gaddafi son flees to Niger, fighting flares in Libya

Muammer Gaddafi's son Saadi has fled to Niger, an official said, as Libya's new regime promised an interim government in 10 days and fighting...

NTC fighters mass for assault on Gaddafi strongholds

Fighters backing Libya's new rulers fought their way Sunday to the gates of Bani Walid and were closing in on Sirte, poised for all-out...

No regrets about befriending Gaddafi: Blair

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he has no regrets about helping bring former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in from the cold in...

Fighting outside Gaddafi towns, loyalists captured

Heavy fighting erupted outside the two main bastions of Muammar Gaddafi's supporters left in Libya on Friday as fighters loyal to the fugitive leader...