Tripoli Protest

A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son Saif al-Islam today for suppressing peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.

Lebanese security forces killed a bomb maker and arrested another prominent militant suspect overnight in the northern city of Tripoli, sending armed supporters onto the streets in protest, security sources said on Sunday.

Fresh clashes erupted in Tripoli today as the death toll from an anti-militia protest in Libya's capital rose above 40 and the government appealed for restraint.

Libyan militiamen attacked peaceful protesters demanding the disbanding of the country's rampant armed groups on Friday, killing at least 22 people as they opened fire on the march with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

Six soldiers were killed in clashes between Libyan special forces and armed protesters outside a special forces' base in the eastern city of Benghazi, an military official said on Saturday.

Libya's oil terminals at Tobruk and Zueitina re-opened over the weekend after protests forced both ports to shut, Libya's deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said.

A three-storey residential building has collapsed in the Libyan capital, killing five people and sparking a protest against the authorities.

Forces loyal to Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi opened fired with tear gas and what a witness described as live ammunition to scatter protesters who had gathered after Friday noon prayers outside a mosque in a restive neighborhood of Tripoli, chanting slogans and defying the authorities' attempt to lock down the capital. Young demonstrators hurled rocks at...

A fuel truck has exploded in the Libyan capital, causing panic among residents at a time when the regime of authoritarian leader Moammar Gadhafi is battling rebel forces across much of the country.It was not immediately clear whether the explosion was an act of sabotage.The truck caught fire and flipped on its side as it exploded on Wednesday. Four...

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's sons Saif al-Tslam told Britain's Sky News on Tuesday that the country's air force had not been used to attack civilians protesting against his father's rule.Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said the Libyan people had come under "heavy bombardment" from Arabic television channels which had "managed to convince the world that th...

Mercenaries and army forces put down an attempt by protesters on Friday to break Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's hold on this capital city, opening fire on crowds who had taken to the streets after prayers to mount their first major challenge to the government's crackdown, witnesses said. The bloodshed heightened a standoff that has pitted Colonel Gaddaf...

Rebels seeking to overturn the 40-year rule of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi repelled a concerted assault by his forces on Thursday on cities close to the capital, removing any doubt that Libya's patchwork of protests had evolved into an increasingly well-armed revolutionary movement. The series of determined stands by rebel forces on Thursday -- especia...

Amateur video filmed Wednesday by a European passenger showed chaotic scenes at the Tripoli airport as a large number of people tried to escape the turmoil in Libya as the unrest continues. Inside the terminal too, similar sights could be seen, with serpentine queues at check-in counter desks and clueless people yelling with frustration.However, 65...

Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi of Libya kept his grip on the capital on Wednesday, but large areas of the east of the country remained out of his control amid indications that the fighting had reached the northwest of the country around Tripoli. Libyans fleeing across the country's western border into Tunisia reported fighting over the past two nights in ...

Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gaddafi's regime on Monday, as reports circulated of a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital Tripoli, Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigned, and two air force pilots defected.Pro-Gaddafi militia drove around Tripoli with loudspeakers and told people not to leave their homes, witnesses said, as se...

A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son Saif al-Islam today for suppressing peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.

Lebanese security forces killed a bomb maker and arrested another prominent militant suspect overnight in the northern city of Tripoli, sending armed supporters onto the streets in protest, security sources said on Sunday.

Fresh clashes erupted in Tripoli today as the death toll from an anti-militia protest in Libya's capital rose above 40 and the government appealed for restraint.

Libyan militiamen attacked peaceful protesters demanding the disbanding of the country's rampant armed groups on Friday, killing at least 22 people as they opened fire on the march with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

Six soldiers were killed in clashes between Libyan special forces and armed protesters outside a special forces' base in the eastern city of Benghazi, an military official said on Saturday.

Libya's oil terminals at Tobruk and Zueitina re-opened over the weekend after protests forced both ports to shut, Libya's deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said.

A three-storey residential building has collapsed in the Libyan capital, killing five people and sparking a protest against the authorities.

Forces loyal to Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi opened fired with tear gas and what a witness described as live ammunition to scatter protesters who had gathered after Friday noon prayers outside a mosque in a restive neighborhood of Tripoli, chanting slogans and defying the authorities' attempt to lock down the capital. Young demonstrators hurled rocks at...

A fuel truck has exploded in the Libyan capital, causing panic among residents at a time when the regime of authoritarian leader Moammar Gadhafi is battling rebel forces across much of the country.It was not immediately clear whether the explosion was an act of sabotage.The truck caught fire and flipped on its side as it exploded on Wednesday. Four...

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's sons Saif al-Tslam told Britain's Sky News on Tuesday that the country's air force had not been used to attack civilians protesting against his father's rule.Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said the Libyan people had come under "heavy bombardment" from Arabic television channels which had "managed to convince the world that th...

Mercenaries and army forces put down an attempt by protesters on Friday to break Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's hold on this capital city, opening fire on crowds who had taken to the streets after prayers to mount their first major challenge to the government's crackdown, witnesses said. The bloodshed heightened a standoff that has pitted Colonel Gaddaf...

Rebels seeking to overturn the 40-year rule of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi repelled a concerted assault by his forces on Thursday on cities close to the capital, removing any doubt that Libya's patchwork of protests had evolved into an increasingly well-armed revolutionary movement. The series of determined stands by rebel forces on Thursday -- especia...

Amateur video filmed Wednesday by a European passenger showed chaotic scenes at the Tripoli airport as a large number of people tried to escape the turmoil in Libya as the unrest continues. Inside the terminal too, similar sights could be seen, with serpentine queues at check-in counter desks and clueless people yelling with frustration.However, 65...

Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi of Libya kept his grip on the capital on Wednesday, but large areas of the east of the country remained out of his control amid indications that the fighting had reached the northwest of the country around Tripoli. Libyans fleeing across the country's western border into Tunisia reported fighting over the past two nights in ...

Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gaddafi's regime on Monday, as reports circulated of a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital Tripoli, Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigned, and two air force pilots defected.Pro-Gaddafi militia drove around Tripoli with loudspeakers and told people not to leave their homes, witnesses said, as se...