Muammar Qaddafi’s love of comic-opera uniforms, exotic female bodyguards and Bedouin tents provided a theatrical backdrop for 42 years of bloody repression that in the end could not withstand a determined uprising backed by NATO air power. Chased out
News that Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi was killed in his hometown Sirte on Thursday sparked scenes of wild joy among the ranks of new regime fighters who had crushed his final bastion of support. “We did it! We did it!” chanted the
NTC military chief says toppled leader died of wounds following capture near his hometown of Sirte.
The fall of Sirte and the death of Colonel Qaddafi most likely represents the finishing blow for the remnants of the old regime in Libya. They are a highly valuable prize that the National Transitional Council (NTC) fought hard to obtain and that should t
Here is a timeline of the civil war in Libya since protests against Muammar Qaddafi broke out in February: February 15/16, 2011 - The arrest of human rights activist Fethi Tarbel starts a riot in Benghazi. February 24 - Anti-government militias take co
Yingluck Shinawatra says it is impossible to protect all of capital, as anger mounts over government response to floods.
Some 10,000 Turkish soldiers are taking part in a military offensive in northern Iraq and south-east Turkey, following a deadly attack by Kurdish rebels.
NATO said its aircraft attacked two military vehicles near Muammar Qaddafi’s last holdout of Sirte on Thursday, but that it could not confirm reports these had been carrying Qaddafi. “At approximately 0830 local time (2:30 a.m. EDT) today, NATO aircr
علقت السفارة البريطانية في الكويت خدماتها مؤقتاً بسبب تهديدات متزايدة وذلك وفقا لبيان نشرته السفارة على موقعها الرسمي على شبكة الانترنت.