Libya Rebels

• 8 Killed in Air Strike as Libya Government Aims to Recapture Capital

  Eight civilians were killed in an air strike near Tripoli on Monday, the US ambassador said, as Libya's internationally recognised government pressed on with an assault to recapture the capital it abandoned to a rival faction last year.

• Libya: Anti-Gaddafi fighters capture Sirte's port

  Anti-Gaddafi forces overran Sirte's port on Tuesday, but in the other stronghold of supporters of the ousted Libyan leader, the new regime's fighters were beaten back by fierce resistance.

• Libya readies new cabinet as battle rages for Sirte

  Libya's victorious rebels prepared to unveil a new government today even as their troops met fierce resistance from loyalists of fugitive strongman Moammar Gaddafi in his last strongholds.

• Libyan fighters say Gaddafi surrounded

  Libyan fighters have surrounded ousted dictator Moammar Gaddafi, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli's new military council said Wednesday.

• Libya: Talks with Gaddafi loyalists have failed, say rebels

  Negotiations over the surrender of one of Muammar Gaddafi's remaining strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels were waiting for orders to launch their final attack on the besieged town of Bani Walid, a spokesman said.

• Libya marks Eid, rebels proclaim 'right' to kill Gaddafi

  Libya on Wednesday marked the first Eid-ul-fitr feast in 42 years free of Moammar Gaddafi's yoke, as rebels proclaimed a "right to kill" the fugitive strongman and gave his forces three days to surrender.

• Rebels free more than 10,000 Libyan prisoners

  More than 10,000 prisoners held by the regime of Moammar Gaddafi have been released since the rebels captured Tripoli, but nearly 50,000 are still missing, a rebel military spokesman said today."The number of people arrested over the past months is estimated at between 57,000 and 60,000," said Ahmed Omar Bani at a press conference in the rebel bast...

• Libya rebels tighten noose on Gaddafi bastion

  Libyan rebels closed in on Moammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte from both east and west today, a senior military commander said, as the insurgents scrambled to restore essential services to Tripoli. Rebel forces moved to within 30 kilometres of Sirte from the west and captured Bin Jawad 100 kilometres to the east, the rebel commander in Misrata, Moh...

• NATO racing to wrap up Libya campaign

  With NATO's bombing of Libya now in its sixth month, a new sense of urgency is gripping the alliance before two critical deadlines next month.After months of combat stalemate, the insurgents have made dramatic gains in recent weeks. An offensive from their beleaguered enclave in the Nafuz Mountains resulted in the capture of the strategic Mediterra...

• Libyan rebels capture coastal city of Zawiya

  Libyan rebels expelled government forces from the strategic western city of Zawiya on Saturday, a major victory for the opposition in their march on Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli.The territory remaining under the Libyan ruler's control has been shrinking dramatically in the past three weeks, with opposition fighters advancing on the capit...

• Rebels battle Libyan forces for Zawiya refinery

  Rebels battled Moammar Gaddafi loyalists for control over Libya's only functioning oil refinery in the western city of Zawiya Wednesday, as the opposition tried to cut off fuel supplies to the regime's stronghold of Tripoli.Rebel fighter Ramadan Keshada said his forces control parts of the refinery complex in the city's north on the Mediterranean c...

• Libya rebels see victory by end August, deny talks

  Libya's rebels said today their war against Moammar Gaddafi's regime had entered a "decisive phase" and that victory was within reach by the end of August.They also ruled out negotiations with the regime after Washington said the "days are numbered" for veteran strongman Moammar Gaddafi's regime.As the chorus grew, fighting raged across Libya, with...

• US formally recognizes Libya rebels

  The United States and other nations on Friday formally recognized Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government until a new interim authority is created.

• US formally recognises Libya rebels

  The United States and other nations on Friday formally recognised Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government until a new interim authority is formed.The decision, which declared Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's regime no longer legitimate, will potentially free up cash that the rebels fighting Libyan forces urgently need.Th...

• Five army generals among latest Libyan defectors

  Five Libyan army generals who defected from Moammar Gaddafi's regime are appealing to fellow officers to join them in backing the rebels.Italian foreign ministry officials presented the generals, two colonels and a major, at a news conference in Rome on Monday.Gen. Melud Massoud Halasa said Gaddafi's forces are only 20 per cent as efficient as they...