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10 Oct 2011

Libyan Fighters Enter Surt but Fail to Secure City

Former rebel fighters battled their way into the heart of this coastal city on Sunday, seizing a sumptuous conference center used by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to entertain heads of state, but more recently by his loyalists as a base for their fierce defense of this city, his birthplace.
Former rebel fighters battled their way into the heart of this coastal city on Sunday, seizing a sumptuous conference...
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15 Aug 2011

Libya conflict Rebels fight for key towns near Tripoli

Libyan rebels have advanced into two strategic towns controlling access to the capital, Tripoli, from the west and the south. Fighting was reported in both Zawiya, just 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, and Gharyan, 80km to the south. If the towns fall to the rebels, they would have Tripoli surrounded by land, with Nato blocking sea access.
Libyan rebels have advanced into two strategic towns controlling access to the capital, Tripoli, from the west and the...
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13 Aug 2011

Libyan opposition launches new offensive

Opposition forces have launched a two-pronged offensive in Western Libya, increasing pressure to isolate Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli. Opposition fighters advanced toward the towns of Gharyan and Az-Zawiyah on Saturday, attempting to cut off the southern coastal route from Tunisia that Gaddafi uses for supplies.
Opposition forces have launched a two-pronged offensive in Western Libya, increasing pressure to isolate Muammar...
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6 Aug 2011

Libya rebels in western offensive

Libyan rebels in the country's west say they have launched an offensive towards key towns on the Mediterranean coast. Commanders say they have captured the town of Bir al-Ghanam, 50 miles (80km) south of Tripoli, from forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Libyan rebels in the country's west say they have launched an offensive towards key towns on the Mediterranean coast....
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7 Jul 2011

Libyan Rebels Gain Inches Toward Link To Tripoli

Rebels opposed to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi seized control of this village in the mountains on Wednesday, extending their hold in western Libya and inching toward a supply route to the capital that they hope to sever.
Rebels opposed to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi seized control of this village in the mountains on Wednesday, extending their...
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6 Jul 2011

Libyan rebels launch dual offensive

Libyan rebels have launched an apparently co-ordinated two-pronged offensive against pro-Gaddafi forces, striking from bases in the western mountains south-west of Tripoli and from the besieged city of Misrata, 130 miles to the east.
Libyan rebels have launched an apparently co-ordinated two-pronged offensive against pro-Gaddafi forces, striking from...
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12 Jun 2011

Fierce fighting erupts in western Libya

Intense fighting has erupted between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and rebels near the western town of Zintan. Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting from the frontlines, said Sunday's fighting began as rebels seeking to end Gaddafi's four-decades-long rule launched an offensive to seize a town that lay in between the towns of Zintan and Yafran.
Intense fighting has erupted between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and rebels near the western town of...
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6 Jun 2011

Libyan Rebels Retake Town in West

Following a series of NATO airstrikes, rebel forces retook the western mountain town of Yafran on Monday, breaking a month-long siege by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, news agencies reported.
Following a series of NATO airstrikes, rebel forces retook the western mountain town of Yafran on Monday, breaking a...
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4 Apr 2011

Libyan rebels fight to control Brega

Pro-democracy forces have fought with troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for the third straight day in and around the key oil town of Brega, as foreign air strikes continued to rain down on the government's soldiers.
Pro-democracy forces have fought with troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for the third straight day in and...
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