Mar 16 Watch Gadhafi’s Troops Rally Against Rebels: What’s Next for Libya? Jeffrey Brown talks to Dartmouth College's Dirk Vandewalle about what's next for Libya. Continue watching
Mar 15 Libyan Rebels Scramble as Gadhafi’s Forces Assault Strongholds By News Desk A Libyan rebel drives his tank to the frontline in Ajdabiya on March 14. (Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images) Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called on opposition forces to surrender as his troops surrounded Ajdabiya, forcing a hasty retreat for rebels and threatening… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch News Wrap: Gadhafi’s Forces Strike Rebel-Held Cities in East, West In other news Monday, forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continued an assault on two rebel-held cities. At the U.N., the Security Council failed to reach a consensus on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya. Also, a suicide bomber… Continue watching
Mar 14 Gadhafi Forces Launch Fresh Airstrikes, Fierce Fighting in Brega By News Desk 2:15 p.m. ET | As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Paris with Group of Eight foreign ministers, France and Britain called again for increasing pressure on Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and a no-fly zone over the country. British Prime… Continue reading
Mar 14 World Week Ahead: Japan’s Nuclear Threat; Pressure on Libya By Larisa Epatko Japan's triple whammy -- earthquake, tsunami and a possible nuclear disaster, which Prime Minister Naoto Kan called the worst crisis since World War II -- will dominate the week. Continue reading
Mar 12 Arab League Backs No-Fly Zone in Libya On Saturday, the 22-nation Arab League asked the U.N. Security Council to implement a no-fly zone in Libya to prevent Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces from more air attacks on the Libyan people. Never noted for moving decisively, the League's… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Obama News Conference Tackles Libya’s Revolt, Budget Stalemate Obama Tackles Libya, Japan, Budget Stalemate in Press Conference… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch News Wrap: Gadhafi’s Forces Pushing to Retake Oil Port of Ras Lanouf News Wrap: Gadhafi Continues Assult on Key Oil Port City of Ras Lanouf… Continue watching
Mar 11 Rebels Hold Out in Areas Around Ras Lanouf, Gadhafi Forces Celebrate in Zawiya A Libyan rebel fighter smiles while changing his gun magazine as smoke raises from a bomb dropped by a Libyan jet fighter on the outskirt of the eastern oil port town of Ras Lanouf on March 11, 2011. (Gianluigi… Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch News Wrap: Pro-Gadhafi Forces Claim to Recapture Key Oil Port In other news Thursday, forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi claimed to have recaptured the key oil port of Ras Lanouf, which rebels seized a week ago. Gadhafi's forces attacked the port with tanks and warplanes. Meanwhile in Brussels,… Continue watching