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(Reuters) - A spokesman for Libya's interim administration, the National Transitional Council (NTC), said local officials in the desert town of Sabha had confirmed the capture Sunday of Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.

Here is a timeline of the civil war in Libya.

February 15/16, 2011 - The arrest of human rights activist Fethi Tarbel starts a riot in Benghazi.

February 24 - Anti-government militias take control of central coastal city of Misrata after evicting forces loyal to Gaddafi.

February 26 - The U.N. Security Council imposes sanctions on Gaddafi and his family, and refers the crackdown on rebels to the International Criminal Court.

February 28 - EU governments approve sanctions against Gaddafi and his closest advisers.

March 5 - The rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) in Benghazi declares itself Libya's sole representative.

March 17 - The U.N. Security Council votes to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and military action - to protect civilians against Gaddafi's army.

March 19 - The first air strikes halt the advance of Gaddafi's forces on Benghazi and target Libya's air defenses.

April 30 - A NATO missile attack on a house in Tripoli kills Gaddafi's youngest son and three grandchildren, his government says.

June 27 - The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity.

August 21 - Rebels enter Tripoli with little resistance. Gaddafi makes audio addresses over state television calling on Libyans to fight off the rebel "rats."

August 23 - The rebels overrun Gaddafi's fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, trashing the symbols of his rule.

August 29 - Gaddafi's wife, his daughter Aisha and two of his sons enter Algeria.

September 1 - Libya's interim rulers meet world leaders at a conference in Paris to discuss reshaping Libya. Gaddafi, on the 42nd anniversary of his coming to power, urges his supporters to fight on.

September 8 - Interim prime minister Mahmoud Jibril arrives in Tripoli on his first visit since it was taken by his forces.

September 11 - Libya starts producing oil again. Niger says Gaddafi's son Saadi has arrived there.

September 13 - Interim government chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil makes his first speech in Tripoli to a crowd of about 10,000.

September 15 - France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain's David Cameron land in Libya to a heroes' welcome.

September 16 - The U.N. Security Council eases sanctions on Libya, including on its national oil company and central bank. The U.N. General Assembly approves a request to accredit interim government envoys as Libya's sole representatives at the United Nations, effectively recognizing the NTC.

September 20 - U.S. President Barack Obama calls for the last of Gaddafi's loyalist forces to surrender as he announces the return of the U.S. ambassador to Tripoli. Gaddafi taunts NATO in a speech broadcast by Syrian-based Arrai television station.

September 21 - The interim rulers say they have captured most of Sabha, one of three main towns where Gaddafi loyalists have been holding out since the fall of Tripoli. Gaddafi's birthplace Sirte and the town of Bani Walid continue to resist.

September 25 - The first Libyan crude oil to be shipped in months sails from the eastern port of Marsa el Hariga for Italy.

September 27 - NATO says Libya's interim rulers have taken full control of the country's stockpile of chemical weapons and nuclear material.

October 12 - Government fighters capture Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim after he tried to escape Sirte.

October 13 - NTC forces say they have control of the whole of Sirte except neighborhood 'Number Two' where Gaddafi forces are surrounded.

October 14 - Gunfights break out in Tripoli between Gaddafi supporters and NTC forces, the first sign of armed resistance to the new government.

October 17 - NTC forces celebrate the capture of Bani Walid, one of the final bastions of Gaddafi loyalists.

-- A Syrian television station confirms Gaddafi's son Khamis was killed in fighting southeast of Tripoli on August 29.

October 18 - U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrives in Libya on an unannounced visit, urges militias to unite.

October 20 - Gaddafi is captured and killed as NTC fighters take his hometown Sirte, ending a two-month siege. An NTC official says Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim is dead.

October 21 - Gaddafi's body lies in an old meat store, viewed by hundreds of onlookers, as arguments over a burial, and his killing after being captured, dog efforts by Libya's new leaders to make a formal start on a new era of democracy.

October 22 - Libya's outgoing premier says the coming days pose a crucial test of resolve for the new men of power.

Oct 23 - Libya declares the liberation of the nation. "We declare to the whole world that we have liberated our beloved country, with its cities, villages, hill-tops, mountains, deserts and skies," an NTC official says.

October 25 - Final Islamic prayers are said over the body of Gaddafi by his cleric, Khaled Tantoush, who was arrested with him. Afterwards, two trusted NTC officials are handed the bodies of Gaddafi and Mo'tassim and they are buried deep in the Sahara desert in a secret place, the NTC says.

October 31 - Little-known academic Abdul Raheem al-Keeb is elected as the new interim prime minister.

November 19 - Saif al-Islam is arrested with several bodyguards near the town of Obari by fighters based in the western mountain town of Zintan, the interim justice minister says.

November 20 - A spokesman for the interim administration said local officials in Sabha had confirmed the capture Sunday of Senussi. Both Senussi and Saif were indicted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court at The Hague.