we should look at the overthrow of Gaddafi as a beginning, not an end, to one of the most promising political transitions since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Libyans are building a democratic society from the ground up, and that requires the world's engagement.
Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012
TRIPOLI, March 20 (Reuters) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has agreed for Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi ...
AP | Posted 05.02.2012
GENEVA — A U.N. expert panel said in a report Friday that forces loyal to late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and opposition fighters both commit...
AP | RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI and RYAN LUCAS | Posted 01.19.2012
TRIPOLI, Libya — Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, considered Moammar Gadhafi's heir apparent, long drew Western favor by touting himself as a liberalizing...
AP | RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 01.19.2012
ZINTAN, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi's former heir apparent Seif al-Islam was captured by revolutionary fighters in the southern desert Saturday just...
HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 11.18.2011
WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. George Lemieux (R-Fla.) hosted a fundraiser this spring for a terrorism expert seeking a $10 million contract with Col. Muam...
AP | By DALATOU MAMANE AND RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 01.09.2012
NIAMEY, Niger -- Niger's army intercepted a convoy of cars traveling south from Libya toward Mali, and a cache of arms was seized in the ensuing clash...
Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 01.03.2012
There is sharia, and then there is sharia. And before going on and on about regression and glaciation, we would do well to know what we're talking about.
AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 01.03.2012
TRIPOLI, Libya — Dozens of relatives of jailed Moammar Gadhafi loyalists protested outside a Tripoli prison Thursday, alleging detainees were be...
Posted 12.31.2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO's triumphant, 7-month air campaign against Libya ended Monday, setting the country on the path to a democratic transition less...
Posted 12.31.2011
At midnight in Libya, NATO will officially end its seven-month-long campaign supporting the Libyan fighters who overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddaf...
The Guardian | Ghaith Abdul-Ahad | Posted 12.31.2011
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad was seized by Gaddafi forces in the town of Zawiya during the first weeks of the Libyan uprising and held for two weeks. In his firs...
AP | By KARIN LAUB | Posted 12.29.2011
TAWERGHA, Libya -- This town once loyal to Moammar Gadhafi is no more: its 25,000 residents have fled, fearing retribution from vengeful victors from ...
AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 12.27.2011
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to lift the no-fly zone over Libya on Oct. 31 and end military action to p...
AP | KARIN LAUB and RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI | Posted 12.25.2011
MISRATA, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's all-powerful leader for four decades, spent his final weeks shuttling from hideout to hideout in his h...
AP | KARIN LAUB and RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI | Posted 12.25.2011
By KARIN LAUB and RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI -- The Associated Press MISRATA, Libya -- Longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, his son Muatassim and a top ...
AP | KARIN LAUB and KIM GAMEL | Posted 12.23.2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated on Sunday after an 8-month civil war, launching the oil-rich nation on wh...
Posted 12.22.2011
With the fall of Sirte and the death of Muammar Gaddafi, months of brutal war in Libya appear to be drawing to a close. Libyan leaders are expected to...
Richard N. Haass | Posted 12.20.2011
For authoritarian leaders facing challenges from their streets, Libya will underscore the winner-take-all nature of Arab politics.
AP | RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI | Posted 12.19.2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya's acting prime minister said Wednesday that ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi is believed to be recruiting fighters from othe...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 12.17.2011
TRIPOLI, Libya – The celebratory gunfire was deafening as reports spread that Moammar Gadhafi's son Muatassim had been captured. The problem is,...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 12.16.2011
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan revolutionary forces bulldozed the green walls surrounding Moammar Gadhafi's main Tripoli compound on Sunday, saying it ...
AP | By KIM GAMEL and RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI | Posted 12.12.2011
TRIPOLI, Libya -- A Libyan spokesman said Wednesday that revolutionary forces have captured some fighters close to one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons in th...
AP | CHRISTOPHER GILLETTE and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 12.07.2011
SIRTE, Libya -- Revolutionary fighters assaulted Moammar Gadhafi's hometown from all sides Friday in what they hope will be a final all-out offensive ...
AP | CHRISTOPHER GILLETTE | Posted 12.07.2011
SIRTE, Libya -- Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention center in the heart of Sirte that forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi turned into ...
Linda Mason | Posted 05.01.2012