20110319
RFI

A French warplane fired on a Libyan military vehicle on Saturday afternoon, according to the French military.

20110319
reuters

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Allied warplanes have gone into in action to stop Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacking the rebel-held city of Benghazi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Saturday.

20110319
reuters

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels said they repulsed forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi that had stormed Benghazi on Saturday and appealed to the West to launch military strikes to check the advance of the Libyan leader's troops.

20110319
reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Western air forces, with Arab League approval, had gone into action on Saturday over Libya and were preventing Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacking the rebel city of Benghazi.

20110319
reuters

ALGIERS/TUNIS (Reuters) - Residents of the rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata said government snipers were shooting people from rooftops on Saturday and the hospital could not operate on the wounded because it had no anaesthetic.

20110318
reuters

TRIPOLI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said on Friday that the Libyan government had halted all military operations and would honor its ceasefire declaration.

20110318
reuters

GENEVA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- UNHCR staff had recorded an increase in the number of Libyans fleeing into Egypt in the past few days, as government forces continued to push eastwards, the UN Refugee Agency said here on Friday.

20110318
reuters

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's government said it was declaring a unilateral ceasefire in its offensive to crush Libya's revolt, as Western warplanes prepared to attack his forces.

20110318
reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - France, Britain and their allies will take a step into the unknown with any military intervention in Libya that could lead to an open-ended conflict.

20110318
reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - Aid agencies appealed for Libya's neighbours on Friday to keep borders open as they braced for a potential exodus of refugees from Libya following intensified fighting and the declaration of a no-fly zone.

20110318
Xinhua
TRIPOLI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Libya's anti-government movement is faced with a possible final defeat, as government forces recaptured the third largest city of Misrata on Thursday and was ready for actions against the rebels' headquarter Benghazi.

20110318
Reuters
TRIPOLI/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations authorised military attacks on Muammar Gaddafi's forces, but his forces closed in on the Libyan rebels and he vowed to storm their stronghold with "no mercy, no pity".

20110318
Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Libya has closed its air space to all traffic, according to European air traffic control organisation Eurocontrol, a move that may anticipate the U.N.'s imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya.

20110318
presstv
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution ordering a no-fly zone over Libya, while suspending the country from the Human Rights Council.

20110318
presstv
Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi remains defiant despite the passage of a UN Security Council measure authorizing the enforcement of a no-fly zone over the country, vowing a military assault on the eastern city of Benghazi.

20110315
irin

Benghazi — Benghazi, Libya's second largest city and seat of the opposition Libyan National Council, is bracing for the fall-out from fighting in Brega, 200 kms away, with residents warning they could suffer gas and electricity shortages.

20110315
reuters

AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's forces seized a strategic town in eastern Libya on Tuesday, opening the way to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi while world powers failed to agree to push for a no-fly zone.

20110315
reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - Libyans fleeing the advance of Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the rebel stronghold of Benghazi are crossing into Egypt in growing numbers, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.

20110314
xinhua

TRIPOLI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan armed forces will offer an amnesty to defected soldiers if they give up their weapons, Libya's state TV said on Monday.

20110314
reuters

ALGIERS (Reuters) - The difficulty Libyan forces had stamping out small numbers of rebels in the west of the country points to a long, hard and nasty fight when Muammar Gaddafi's troops reach the main rebel stronghold of Benghazi.