BIN JAWAD, Libya – Libyan rebels' push westwards towards Tripoli gathered momentum on Sunday as their pursuit of Moamer Kadhafi's forces saw them wrest back control of key oil town Ras Lanuf.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi intensified their counter-offensive on Friday to retake ground from out-gunned insurgents who appealed to foreign powers to impose a no-fly zone to stop the onslaught.
TRIPOLI – Moamer Kadhafi's son said on Thursday victory was in sight against rebels fighting his father's iron-fisted regime after loyalist forces retook two key towns and Western powers fretted over how to deal with the civil war while tightening the screws further.
RAS LANUF, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan tanks fired on rebel positions around the oil port of Ras Lanuf and warplanes hit another oil hub further east on Thursday as Muammar Gaddafi carried counter-attacks deeper into the insurgent heartland.
RAS LANUF, Libya (Reuters) - Government forces seeking to dislodge rebels from Libya's strategically important coast struck at an oil town on Monday amid quickening efforts to prevent more humanitarian suffering and a mass refugee exodus.
RAS LANUF, Libya (AFP) – Libyan rebels ceded ground to Moamer Kadhafi's advancing forces Monday as the United States came under increasing pressure to arm the opposition and the UN appointed a special envoy to Tripoli.
