- 12:30 15/05/2012 Yelena Suponina for RIA Novosti
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has finally decided to contribute its weighty word in the dramatic disputes over how many civilians were killed in NATO’s air campaign in Libya.
- 04:25 03/03/2012 MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti)
Sixty civilians were killed and 55 wounded in NATO airstrikes last year in Libya, said a UN report prepared by a commission that probed human rights abuses and war crimes in the North African state.
- 13:41 16/02/2012 RIA Novosti military commentator Konstantin Bogdanov
The uprising against the regime of Col. Muammar Gaddafi started in Libya one year ago, on February 15, 2011. France and Britain conducted the supporting military operation with great difficulty and much deeper involvement than they had planned, hoping initially for a quick colonial campaign.
- 06:38 19/10/2011 WASHINGTON, October 19 (RIA Novosti)
The United States will allocate $40 million to secure and destroy stockpiles of weapons in Libya, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during her visit to Tripoli.
- 11:34 17/10/2011
Libyans using bulldozers began tearing down the walls surrounding Muammar Gaddafi's main Tripoli compound, known as Bab al-Aziziya on Sunday.
- 03:26 14/10/2011 UNITED NATIONS, October 14 (RIA Novosti)
A report by the UN special envoy to Libya has fueled concerns among UN diplomats over the effectiveness of the UN efforts to stabilize the situation in the country.
- 04:12 13/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti)
Mutassim Gaddafi, the fifth son of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, was captured by rebel forces near the besieged town of Sirte, media reported late on Wednesday.
- 13:40 07/10/2011
Moammar Gaddafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the country's new leaders on Thursday, the first word from the fugitive leader in just over two weeks.
- 02:39 06/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
The rebel forces have found two mass graves near Tripoli where some 900 bodies had been buried, Al Arabiya said.
- 02:11 02/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti)
Libya's Transitional National Council announced a two-day truce to give civilians a chance to escape the besieged city of Sirte.
- 19:08 25/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti)
A mass grave containing the bodies of more than 1,270 people killed by Muammar Gaddafi's forces has been found near Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, local media reported on Sunday.
- 16:14 23/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 23 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan opposition forces fighting Muammar Gaddafi loyalists have formed a Union of Revolutionary Battalions, Arab media reported on Friday.
- 18:49 22/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 22 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebel forces have discovered a chemical weapons stockpile in the country's south, Radio Sawa reported on Thursday.
- 11:47 18/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti)
Libya's interim government forces have taken control of the airport and a major air base in Sirte, the hometown of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and one of the last strongholds of his loyalist forces, the BBC reported on Sunday, referring to rebel fighters.
- 20:46 15/09/2011 HARAWA (Libya), September 15 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan provisional government troops on Thursday entered the city of Sirte, the hometown of Muammar Gaddafi, a National Transitional Council (NTC) military official said.
- 16:43 12/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti)
A series of powerful explosions on Monday hit the area surrounding Tripoli's international airport, Xinhua said, citing Free Libya TV.
- 13:01 12/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti)
One of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's sons, Saadi, has received asylum in Niger, the country's Justice Minister Amadou Marou said.
- 01:36 12/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 12 (RIA Novosti)
A convoy carrying Saadi Gaddafi, the third son of the fugitive Libyan leader, was intercepted in Niger late on Sunday, Al Arabiya said.
- 09:55 11/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan provisional government fighters, backed by NATO, have launched an assault on one of Muammar Gaddafi's last bastions, Beni Walid, world media reported.
- 15:54 10/09/2011 BENGHAZI, September 10 (RIA Novosti)
Hundreds of people held protests in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Saturday, calling for a shake-up of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC).
- 12:36 07/09/2011 YAROSLAVL, September 7 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's presidential envoy to Africa Mikhail Margelov said on Wednesday that toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was hiding somewhere in Libya.
- 12:25 07/09/2011 Yelena Suponina for RIA Novosti
The Libyan rebels are piling up one victory after another, preparing for the assault on the remaining key cities of Sirte and Sabha, after agreeing with the defenders of Bani Walid to the southeast of Tripoli on their peaceful surrender on Tuesday.
- 22:08 05/09/2011 BENGHAZI, September 5 (RIA Novosti)
Libya's toppled leader Muammar Gaddafi is sheltering on the outskirts of his hometown, Sirte, an aide to the National Transitional Council's military leader said on Monday.
- 02:54 05/09/2011 BENGHAZI, September 4 (RIA Novosti)
Rebels have seized several districts near the city of Bani Walid, held by pro-Gaddafi forces, said Col. Ahmed Bani, a military spokesman for the rebel Transitional National Council (TNC)
- 20:46 04/09/2011 BENGHAZI, September 4 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) confirmed the death of Muammar Gaddafi's younger son Khamis, rebel military spokesman Ahmed Bani said on Sunday.
- 20:21 01/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti)
Libya's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi has said he will carry on fighting, in an audio message aired on a loyalist TV channel on Thursday.
- 05:44 01/09/2011 MOSCOW/MEXICO CITY, September 1 (RIA Novosti)
Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was denied political refuge in Algeria, the local Al Watan newspaper said on Thursday, quoting sources close to the Algerian presidential administration.
- 01:17 01/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti)
Muammar Qaddafi is ready to hand power over to the Libyan opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) and urges rebel leaders to begin talks to end months of violence, the fugitive Libyan leader's son, Saadi, told Al Arabiya TV.
- 02:21 30/08/2011 CAIRO, August 30 (RIA Novosti)
Algeria has closed a 1,000-km stretch of its border with Libya and put troops and police there on high alert.
- 16:51 29/08/2011 TRIPOLI, August 29 (RIA Novosti)
Life in Tripoli is slowly returning to normal, with traffic police directing vehicles and banks resuming their operations, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
- 14:56 28/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan embattled strongman Muammar Gaddafi is ready to begin talks to transfer power, his spokesman has said on Sunday, world media reported.
- 07:07 27/08/2011 NEW YORK, August 27 (RIA Novosti)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discussed with heads of leading regional organizations ways to rebuild Libya after more than six months of hostilities.
- 20:47 26/08/2011 TRIPOLI, August 26 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebels said on Friday they had captured a group of Ukrainian nationals during a battle for a Tripoli district controlled by forces loyal to Col. Muammar Gaddafi, a report questioned by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
- 18:33 26/08/2011 RIA Novosti military commentator Konstantin Bogdanov
The Libyan rebels' somewhat dubious success in Tripoli threatens to draw NATO into a ground operation while Washington is wondering whether the European coalition was right to rush into battle.
- 17:17 26/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan government troops on Friday shelled the international airport in Tripoli, damaging a plane, al Arabiya reported.
- 14:08 26/08/2011 CAIRO, August 26 (RIA Novosti)
A group of convicted militants have escaped Libyan jails after rebels seized power in most of the country, the Algerian-based El Khabar paper quoted a security source as saying on Friday.
- 15:24 25/08/2011 ROME, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
Four Italian journalists, abducted on Wednesday in Libya, were freed on Thursday, the Italian Foreign Ministry said.
- 15:23 25/08/2011 ROME, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
Tripoli has $10 billion worth of gold reserves, which runaway Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi could use to cause problems for the rebels, a former Central Bank governor said.
- 14:52 25/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
The League of Arab States recognized Libya's Transitional Council on Thursday and is ready to grant it membership of the organization, regional media quoted Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Araby as saying.
- 13:56 25/08/2011 KHARTOUM, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
Sudan has recognized the National Transitional Council of Libya as the North African state's sole legitimate government, a Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 13:26 25/08/2011 CAIRO, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
Hospitals in the Libyan capital of Tripoli are experiencing a critical lack of medical supplies, the al-Ahram website said on Thursday.
- 12:55 25/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti)
British Defense Secretary Liam Fox has said NATO is providing intelligence and reconnaissance assistance to Libyan rebels hunting Col Muammar Gaddafi.
- 13:34 24/08/2011 MOSCOW/ROME, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
Libya will hold presidential elections in the next eight months and Muammar Gaddafi will be tried for his crimes inside the country, rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil told La Repubblica paper.
- 12:51 24/08/2011 ULAN-UDE, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday Russia will recognize Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) as the North African state's legitimate government if it brings the war-torn country together.
- 12:22 24/08/2011 ULAN-UDE, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday Russia will recognize Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC) as the North African state's legitimate government if it brings the war-torn country together.
- 11:45 24/08/2011
Fighting intensified on Tuesday around Muammar Gaddafi's compound at Bab al-Aziziya in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Witnesses report that at least one hundred men were waiting in lines for guns to be distributed to volunteers to defend the regime.
- 10:03 24/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
Nicaragua would consider giving asylum to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi if he ask for it, an aide to the Central American country's president told a local TV channel on Wednesday.
- 05:53 24/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
Rebels have overrun the fortified compound of longtime Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Bab al-Azizya in Tripoli following intense fighting with pro-Gaddafi forces.
- 00:08 24/08/2011 RIA Novosti political commentator Olga Barykova
It took the Libyan rebels only three days to establish control over a considerable part of the country's capital, Tripoli. This came as a surprise both for the international community and, judging by everything, for the rebels themselves.
- 22:07 23/08/2011 WASHINGTON, August 23 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebels announced they had gained control of much of Tripoli on Tuesday, but Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts remain unknown, the rebel government’s envoy to Washington said.
- 16:35 23/08/2011 CAIRO, August 23 (RIA Novosti)
Fighting between Muammar Gaddafi loyalists and rebel forces is taking place near the Libyan leader's compound in Tripoli, Al Arabiya TV said on Tuesday.
- 15:08 23/08/2011 ROME, August 23 (RIA Novo)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his sons should go on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Radio Anch'io on Tuesday.
- 12:06 23/08/2011
The appearance on camera early on Tuesday of Seif al-Islam, son and one time heir-apparent of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, appears to defy earlier claims made by the International Criminal Court and leaders of Libya's National Transitional Council that he had been detained by rebel forces.
- 05:49 23/08/2011 CAIRO, August 23 (RIA Novosti)
The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, whom the rebels had said they had arrested, appeared on TV screens on Tuesday accompanied by his supporters near the Bab al Aziziyah compound.
- 04:04 23/08/2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s opposition reached Green Square, Tripoli’s central square, on Monday. Arab TV channels showed the first shots from Tripoli, Libya’s capital, where young people can be seen stamping on Gaddafi’s huge portrait and celebrating the rebels’ coming.
- 02:15 23/08/2011 SAN SALVADOR, August 23 (RIA Novosti)
Opposition forces are very close to take over the reins of power in Libya, but the conflict could have been resolved much earlier by diplomatic means, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
- 22:05 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
The elder son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Mohammad, who was captured by the rebels earlier on Monday, has escaped, Al Jazeera said.
- 21:18 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
The head of Libya's rebel National Transitional Council said on Monday that Muammar Gaddafi should receive a fair trial.
- 20:22 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebels said on Monday evening that they had captured another of Muammar Gaddafi's sons.
- 19:34 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebels do not know embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts but are trying to find him, Transitional National Council head Mustafa Abdul Jalil said on Monday.
- 18:59 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will not provide Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi with a safe haven, the head of the State Duma's international affairs committee said on Monday.
- 18:17 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Time seems to be up for Muammar Gaddafi, who has ruled Libya for over 40 years in a unique, sometimes eccentric style, after rebel forces claimed much of the capital, Tripoli.
- 15:16 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime is in its "last moments" and Gaddafi should go to avoid more bloodshed, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday.
- 12:32 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may still be in Tripoli as fierce fighting continues around his residence in the country’s capital, media reports said on Monday.
- 11:39 22/08/2011
Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance on Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gadhafi's regime
- 07:39 22/08/2011 CAIRO, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's eldest son, Mohammad, was giving an interview to Al Jazeera, when gun shots erupted in his house and he was arrested.
- 03:59 22/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam will be transported to the Hague International Court on Monday, a prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said.
- 02:58 22/08/2011 CAIRO, August 22 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan protesters took control of the country's capital Tripoli on early Monday after two sons of ruling President Muammar Gaddafi were arrested, local media reported.
- 09:04 21/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called on his supporters on Sunday to "march by the millions" and put an end to the rebellion in the country forever.
- 06:13 21/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti)
Automatic gunfire and explosions have been heard in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
- 11:11 20/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan rebels battling to overthrow Col Muammar Gaddafi said on Saturday they captured all of the strategic eastern town of Brega as the embattled regime denies claims Gaddafi is seeking refuge for his family.
- 01:24 18/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may soon hand over power to the justice minister and leave the country, the Albawaba news portal said citing top military sources.
- 14:27 17/08/2011 ZHUKOVSKY (Moscow region), August 17 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's state-run arms exporter has lost a total of $4 billion over the cancellation of contracts with Libya, Rosoboronexport head Anatoly Isaikin said on Wednesday.
- 07:45 15/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti)
Libya's embattled strongman Muammar Gaddafi said the end was close for the rebels and NATO, as opposition forces launched an offensive against towns of strategic importance near Tripoli.
- 01:43 15/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti)
The Libyan rebel government on Sunday launched an offensive to capture strategic towns near the capital Tripoli in an attempt to cut a supply route for Muammar Gaddafi and his supporters.
- 13:19 10/08/2011
Libyan state television broadcast what it said were pictures of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son filmed on Tuesday, days after rebels claimed he had been killed in a NATO air-strike in the city of Zlitan.
- 03:36 09/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti)
Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC) has fired its executive board and asked its chairman Mahmoud Jibril to elect a new one, Al Jazeera reported.
- 14:20 08/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti)
The Libyan opposition has developed a plan to stabilize the country after Muammar Gaddafi's departure, Arab media reported on Monday.
- 06:05 06/08/2011 BUENOS-AIRES, August 6 (RIA Novosti)
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez sent a letter to his Libyan counterpart Muammar Gaddafi, in which he expressed support to his "brother-in-arms" and wished him victory.
- 16:15 05/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan authorities dismissed on Friday reports that Muammar Gaddafi's younger son Khamis was killed in a NATO airstrike, Reuters reported.
- 19:14 20/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 20 (RIA Novosti)
Libya will support any Russian assistance in the peaceful mediation of the crisis in the country, Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi said on Wednesday.
- 18:13 20/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 20 (RIA Novosti)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began talks on Wednesday with his Libyan counterpart Abdul Ati al-Obeidi in Moscow.
- 22:47 18/07/2011 Yelena Suponina, Moscow News political commentator, for RIA Novosti
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called on his supporters to fight to the death for control of Libya's oil, the bulk of which lies in the rebel-held east. Rebel forces are rushing headlong into battle following an extremely important decisions made by the Libya Contact Group late last week.
- 14:08 18/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti)
Russia will not host Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should he choose to step down, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
- 15:43 15/07/2011
Clashes between Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists and his opponents resumed on Thursday near Marsa el-Brega in the east of the country.
- 14:47 07/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 7 (RIA Novosti)
The military conflict in Libya has reached a stalemate, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
- 11:46 07/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 7 (RIA Novosti)
Another plane from the Russian Emergencies Ministry carrying humanitarian aid for Libya left Moscow for Tripoli on Thursday, a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
- 04:55 07/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 7 (RIA Novosti)
Another plane from the Russian Emergencies Ministry with humanitarian aid for Libya will take off for Tripoli from Moscow on Thursday, a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
- 14:22 06/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 6 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Emergencies Ministry has sent humanitarian aid to rebel-controlled Benghazi, Libya, a ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
- 02:16 06/07/2011 NEW YORK, July 6 (RIA Novosti)
The United Nations has opened a regular sea route to transport humanitarian aid to Libya's besieged city of Misrata, where rebels still clash with government forces, the UN said.
- 15:40 20/06/2011
NATO on Sunday confirmed that one of its airstrikes on Tripoli went off target, and may have caused civilian casualties. The allegations are likely to provide supporters of Moammar Gadhafi's regime a fresh rallying point against the international intervention in Libya's civil war.
- 13:05 20/06/2011
US actress Angelina Jolie travelled to the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday and thanked its residents for welcoming in the estimated 20-thousand migrants who arrived after fleeing unrest in Tunisia and Libya.
- 10:34 20/06/2011 BEIJING, June 20 (RIA Novosti)
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Libyan opposition National Transitional Council Mahmoud Jibril will visit China on June 21-22, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
- 17:54 16/06/2011 ROME, June 16 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan authorities are ready to hold free elections within three months and draft a new constitution as a compromise with the insurgents who are demanding Muammar Gaddafi's resignation, Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, said on Thursday.
- 16:46 16/06/2011 TRIPOLI, June 16 (RIA Novosti)
Mikhail Margelov, the Russian presidential envoy to Africa, is holding talks on Thursday with top representatives of Col. Muammar Gaddafi's inner circle in the country's capital of Tripoli.
- 13:43 14/06/2011 TASHKENT, June 14 (RIA Novosti)
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has claimed in a conversation with president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov that he was ready to proceed in talks with NATO and rebels, but ruled out the possibility of his resignation.
- 17:13 13/06/2011
The Russian head of world chess went to Tripoli over the weekend with instructions to make it clear to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that the endgame is near, the Russian president's special envoy to Africa said.
- 05:02 13/06/2011
Defiant Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi told the president of the world chess federation (FIDE) that he had no intention of leaving the country, a source at FIDE office in Kalmykia said.
- 10:38 10/06/2011
The Libyan opposition has requested Russia to join the contact group on Libya, the presidential envoy to Africa, Mikhail Margelov, said on Friday.
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