Rebels and Troops Eye-to-Eye in Misurata

(Euronews: 0421 PT, May 11, 2011) Anti-Gaddafi fighters in Misurata are engaged in trench warfare against Libyan government forces. Euronews has exclusive pictures from the fluid frontline as the rebel army make slight gains against a better-trained and well-equipped foe.

 

Government forces are deploying snipers to keep the rebels pinned down and then hit their positions with shells and mortars. Those opposed to Gaddafi say they are expecting NATO air strikes to target government troops at any time.

 

 

EU to Open Office in Rebel Stronghold Benghazi

(Euronews: 0726 PT, May 11, 2011) The European Union says it will open an office in the rebel-held Libyan city of Benghazi. However, this is not a sign of recognition for the rebel administration. The aim is to help with security and getting aid to where it is needed. The office will also assist with health and education.

 

 

 
 

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NATO Air Strike Pounds Gaddafi Compound

(Al Jazeera English: 0701 PST, April 25, 2011) In Libya, NATO forces launched an attack on Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli as fighting continues between opposition and pro-government forces across the country. Al Jazeera's Omar Al Saleh reports.

 

 

'30 Killed' in Fresh Misurata Strikes

(Euronews: 0427 PST, April 25, 2011) Rocket attacks by Libyan government forces on Misrata have killed at least 30 people and wounded 60, a witnesss was quoted by Reuters as saying during a television interview.

 

Ahmed al-Qadi, an engineer for a dissident radio station, told Al Arabiya that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's men were carrying out "very intense and random shelling on residential areas." The fresh bombardments come two days after the government announced its withdrawal following an eight-week battle for control of the besieged western city.

 

 

 
 

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Praise for Photojournalists Killed in Libya

(Euronews: 0804 PST, April 21, 2011) Two award-winning war photographers are among Misurata's latest victims. They were killed after being caught in a rocket-propelled grenade attack, reportedly fired by government forces. Two other journalists in their group were injured.

 

Tim Hetherington, a 40-year-old British-American, was working in Libya for the US magazine Vanity Fair. He was best known for his work in Afghanistan; his Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo featured a platoon of American soldiers in a remote and dangerous Afghan outpost. American photographer Chris Hondros was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and won multiple awards covering several conflicts.

 

 

Remembering Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros

(Democracy Now! 0800 PST, April 21, 2011) Award-winning photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were killed Wednesday when a group of journalists came under fire in the western Libyan city of Misurata. The pair, who had both covered conflict zones around the world, were part of a group of six photographers reporting on the Libyan conflict in a particularly dangerous part of Misurata.

 

Carroll Bogert of Human Rights Watch worked closely with Hetherington commissioning and disseminating his photos from war-torn regions. Most recently, Hetherington helped photograph secret police files from the Gaddafi documenting the brutality of the regime.

 

 

Christina Larson, a contributing editor to Foreign Policy magazine, worked with Hondros closely over the years.

 

 

 
 

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Libya's Deepening Humanitarian Crisis

(Al Jazeera English: 0129 PST, April 21, 2011) While the fighting in Libya continues, the country's humanitarian crisis is deteriorating, particularly in the besieged western city of Misurata where 300,000 civilians are trapped.

 

 

(Al Jazeera English: 0649 PST, April 21, 2011) Ahmad Hassan, a pro-democracy activist from Misurata, talks to Al Jazeera about the worsening humanitarian crisis there.

 

 

 
 

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Libyan Rebels: Gaddafi Rockets Kill 23 in Misrata

(Euronews: 0839 PST, April 14, 2011) Libyan rebels say at least 23 people died in a rocket attack by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the western city of Misurata on Thursday. A rebel spokesman said all of the victims were civilians and most of them were women and children.

 

Anti-Gaddafi forces have warned of a "massacre" if NATO does not step up its air strikes against the Libyan regime. Misurata, the only rebel stronghold in western Libya, has been the scene of intense fighting as Gaddafi's men battle to take back control of the city.

 

 

 
 

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Libya: Rooting Out Gaddafi's Snipers in Misurata

(France 24: 0747 PST, April 14, 2011) France 24 correspondents report from the western Libyan city of Misurata as they follow anti-regime rebels, caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the hidden danger of Muammar Gaddafi's snipers.

 

 

 
 

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NATO's Libya Mission Facing Increased Criticism

NATO is coming under fire for its actions in Libya -- both for not doing enough to protect civilians in Misurata in the west of the country, and for overzealousness in launching misguided air strikes in the east.

 

Situation Remains Fluid in Battle for Libya

(Al Jazeera English: 0738 PST, April 7, 2011) NATO's latest air strike in the eastern Libyan town of Brega that killed at least five people -- the second such friendly fire incident this week -- has raised doubts in the minds of many, who wonder whether it was really a mistake.

 

At the same time, rebel fighters who criticized NATO's mission failure to protect civilians in Misurata, do realize they cannot win the battle against the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, alone.

 

Thousands of civilians have also begun to flee intense fighting particularly in the coastal areas between Brega and Ajdabiya, further east. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.

 

 

Strike Out: NATO Attack Kills 13 Rebels in Libya

(Russia Today: 0521 PST, April 7, 2011) Rebels in Libya say they've been hit by a NATO airstrike, with some reports suggesting as many as 13 people have been killed. This comes as UK officials are investigating Libyan claims that British planes destroyed the Arab state's largest oil field, killing three guards. RT's Paula Slier reports from Tripoli.

 

 

 
 

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Rebels Claim Top Libyan General Quit Over Kill Orders

(Euronews: 0751 PST, April 6, 2011) The Freedom Group in Libya has released a video showing Libyan air force Brigadier General Ali Atallah al-Obeidi who has apparently defected to them. In the tape he says he quit because Gaddafi gave orders to kill civilians and as he did not want the blood of his own people on his hands.

 

It is claimed the former general walked for 15 days from Tripoli to the besieged city of Misurata. It is the only major town in Western Libya where the revolt has not been crushed amid accusations from the rebels that NATO have been too slow with air support for them.

 

 

 
 

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Misurata: No Food, No Water, Just Snipers

(Euronews: 1226 PST, April 5, 2011) The situation in Misurata -- the rebels' last major stronghold in western Libya -- is increasingly catastrophic as the latest amateur video footage shows. Evacuees from the city said forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are staging a "massacre" there.

 

A resident of the besieged city, a spokesman for the Libya Freedom Group, talked to Euronews and described conditions: "The water has been cut off for about two weeks and the electricity is cut off for about three days and the food is running low for the people right now.

 

 

 
 

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Gaddafi Shells Coastal City of Misurata

(Euronews: 0710 PST, March 18, 2011) Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shelled the rebel-held town of Misurata on Friday morning, according to opposition troops holed up in the coastal city.

 

It came after last night's resolution authorising military action against Libyan forces but before Libya's foreign minister declared that Libya would respect the resolution and had declared a ceasefire.

 

The attack is believed to have started at around 7am CET and involved tanks and heavy artillery. Amateur video showed buildings in the city going up in smoke.

 

 

 
 

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