Tag: Libya
NATO formally declares end of Libya mission
NATO allies on Friday formally agreed to end the seven-month mission in Libya on Monday, a diplomat said. NATO ambassadors meeting in Brussels agreed...
NATO to formally declare end to Libya mission
NATO was due Friday to formally declare an end to its seven-month mission in Libya despite calls from the country's new rulers for air...
Libya to try Gaddafi killers
Libya's new rulers said on Thursday they would prosecute the killers of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi following the international outcry over the circumstances of...
Libya’s interim ruler urges NATO to stay till year end
Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil on Wednesday urged NATO to continue its Libya campaign until year's end, saying loyalists of slain despot Muammer...
Nejad says West set to plunder Libya
Western countries supported Muammar Gaddafi when it suited them but bombed the Libyan leader when he no longer served their purpose in order to...
Libya gives Gaddafi inglorious secret burial
Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mo’tassim were buried in a secret desert location on Tuesday, five days after the desposed Libyan leader was captured,...
‘Libya’s NTC must probe mass executions’
The discovery of 53 decaying bodies in Sirte, final bastion of Libya’s ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi, suggests some of his loyalists were executed, a...
New leaders declare Libya ‘liberated’
Libya’s new leaders on Sunday declared the country “liberated”, three days after Moamer Qaddafi was captured and killed, paving the way for the formation...
Newspapers multiply as Libya enjoys press freedom
Some 200 independent publications have sprung up in Libya since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, and newsagents say clients leave their shops with armfuls...
Libya, Iraq show ‘renewed’ US leadership: Obama
US President Barack Obama said Saturday that his decision to pull all US troops out of Iraq by the end of the year and...
Libya denies Gaddafi post-mortem, promises probe
Military commanders in the Libyan city of Misrata said Saturday that no post-mortem would be carried out on the body of Muammar Gaddafi despite...
NATO mission in Libya to end on October 31
NATO plans to end its seven-month air and sea campaign in Libya at the end of October, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said late on...
Mission accomplished for NATO in Libya, but what next?
NATO was due to wind down its mission in Libya on Friday after a six-month campaign that saw the United States hand over the...
End of tyranny
The death of Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi in a final assault by the government forces in his hometown in Sirte on Thursday relieved the...
Sarkozy urges forgiveness, reconciliation in Libya
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for forgiveness and reconciliation in Libya on Friday, adding that Muammer Gaddafi's death is not a cause for celebration...
Clinton in Malta for talks with PM over Libya
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Malta overnight Tuesday for talks on the situation in Libya with Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, according...
Libyan fighters raise flag over Bani Walid
Libyan fighters raised the new government’s flag over the oasis of Bani Walid on Monday and hoped for the swift fall of the other...
