20110720
Reuters
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels have encircled the eastern oil hub of Brega and control parts of the town, whose capture would mark a major boost for their campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday.

20110719
Reuters
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan and U.S. officials met face-to-face, but while Tripoli said it was seeking talks with no preconditions, Washington said it delivered a clear message: Muammar Gaddafi must go.

20110718
Reuters
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebel forces on Sunday entered the oil town of Brega and fought street battles there with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said, in the biggest offensive in eastern Libya in weeks.

20110718
Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday criticised the United States and other countries that have recognised the Libyan rebels' National Transitional Council as a legitimate government, saying they were taking sides in the civil war.

20110717
Reuters
BIR AYAD, Libya (Reuters) - Heavy clashes were under way on Saturday morning on the front line in Libya's Western Mountains at the town of Bir Ghanam, a Reuters correspondent in a neighbouring village reported.

20110717
Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) - Some 625,000 migrants have fled Libya since February, but many thousands remain stranded in isolated desert areas in the south, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.

20110717
Reuters
RABAT (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi said on Friday the Libyan people rejected the recognition by the United States and other world powers of rebel leaders as the legitimate representatives of the country's government.

20110717
Reuters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The United States Friday recognised Libya's rebel National Transitional Council (TNC) as a legitimate government, a diplomatic boost which could unlock billions of dollars in frozen assets.

20110715
Reuters
ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) - The rebels in Libya's Western Mountains have shown resilience over months of battling Muammar Gaddafi's forces, but divided loyalties could frustrate their ambitions for a quick march on Tripoli.

20110715
Reuters
AL-QAWALISH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels ran into a minefield when they recaptured a frontline village from Muammar Gaddafi's forces, they said on Thursday, providing fresh evidence government troops are using mines in the uprising.

20110715
Reuters
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has halted all cooperation with Italy's Eni and is talking to other energy groups about new deals, Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi said on Thursday.

20110715
Reuters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Western powers and Arab states meeting in Istanbul on Friday will seek a political solution to end the civil war in Libya, amid conflicting signals over whether Muammar Gaddafi intends to fight on or surrender power.

20110715
Reuters
AL-QAWALISH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebel fighters prepared for a new offensive south of Tripoli on Thursday but tactical errors raised new questions about whether they will be able to march on the capital.

20110714
Reuters
AL-QAWALISH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebel fighters prepared for a new offensive south of Tripoli on Thursday but tactical errors raised new questions about whether they will be able to march on the capital.

20110714
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that it would skip a meeting in Turkey this week between Western powers, Arab governments and leaders of Libya's opposition National Transitional Council, saying that the way the group worked needed "further study"

20110714
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday he supports Moscow's efforts to mediate a political solution in Libya and is ready to support talks toward a democratic transition as long as Muammar Gaddafi steps aside, the White House said.

20110711
presstv
Libyan revolutionaries have reportedly planned to launch a major assault on the strategic town of Gharyan near the capital Tripoli as fighting rages in the country between the opposition and Gaddafi forces.

20110711
presstv
The troops loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have launched a counterattack against the revolutionary forces southwest of the capital, Tripoli.

20110711
presstv
French defense minister has said NATO will stop airstrikes on Libya if the Libyan regime and revolutionary forces start negotiations.

20110711
Reuters
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - France's defence minister said it was time for Libya's rebels to negotiate with Muammar Gaddafi's government, signalling growing impatience with progress in the conflict.