This divide-and-conquer strategy pitted towns and ethnic and tribal groups against each other all over Libya. The revolution turned those divisions into battle lines. Overnight, towns like ...

This statement was originally published on cihrs.org on 17 February 2025. As Libya marks the anniversary of the 2011 revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, the country faces an escalating human ...

Libya produces 1.6 million barrels of oil per ... But then it was a regime hostile to the West that was destroyed by the revolution,” he said. “Now it is regimes supported by the West, so ...

The release of Hannibal Gaddafi after a decade of detention in Lebanon has put the family of Libya’s former ruler back into ...

How the dreams of Libya's 2011 revolutionaries turned sour. Was the overthrow of Col Gaddafi worth it? Image: The new Libyan flag is raised during a parade in the eastern city of Benghazi to ...

Tripoli, Libya - February 17, 2025 Libya is celebrating the 14th anniversary of the February 17 Revolution. On February 17, 2011, a rebellion took place against the 42-year rule of Libyan leader ...

While traveling, he struck up an unlikely friendship with a Libyan hippie, and when revolution broke out in Libya, Matt joined his friend in the fight against dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Video ...

What Happened in Libya Revolution's Final Moments? Fresh evidence has emerged that fighters battling for control of Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte were responsible for numerous extrajudicial killings ...

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