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Libya: why intervention into revolution may not go
Libya is not like the other Middle East revolutions – but that does not mean that the intervention route is the right one, writes Jon Snow.
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Colonel Gaddafi’s forces drive back rebels in the east of Libya, as European leaders tell the Libyan leader he must quit. Channel 4 News speaks to an expert about the “change of strategy”.
The latest updates, video and #c4news tweets from Libya as pro-Gaddafi forces fight rebels in Zawiyah, Ras Lanuf and Bin Jawad.
As Libya’s Transitional National Council calls for a no-fly zone over the country Channel 4 News looks at what that would mean.
Nowhere across north Africa and the Middle East have the Arab uprisings sparked the violence seen in Libya. A frequent visitor to Libya, Mike Hobbs, reflects on whether we should have seen it coming.
David Cameron and Barack Obama are ‘preparing for what might have to be done if Gaddafi goes on brutalising his own people’ as Lindsey Hilsum reports from the frontline.
Libya’s eastern port of Ras Lanuf comes under air attack as pro-Gaddafi forces drive rebels back, as Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum questions the movements of UK special forces.
Amateurish, naive and embarrassing – that’s the insider’s verdict from an ex-SAS instructor speaking to Channel 4 News about the failed Special Forces mission to Benghazi.
Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Benghazi have tonight released an SBS team captured in eastern Libya. But why did they arrive by helicopter and at night when they could have entered the country by land?
After the bombardment of Zawiyah, rebels claim to be back in control. In Misratah there is testimony of Gaddafi troops firing on an ambulance. Meanwhile, fighting continues in Bin Jawad and Ras Lanuf.
Heavy fighting is raging between government forces and rebels for control of the western city of Zawiyah, while in the east anti-Gaddafi fighters are pushing on to the Colonel’s home town of Sirte.
Tear gas and gunshots are reported as pro-Gaddafi forces clash with protesters in Tripoli, while witnesses say dozens have been killed in a city held by rebels.
Alex Thomson blogs from the border between Tunisia and Libya on the miracle of the modern telephone and the stories of those who have fled Gaddafi’s nation.
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi launches a major air and ground assault on protesters and rebels who have taken control of towns and cities in the east. Lindsey Hilsum reports from the frontline.
Colonel Gaddafi warns of “bloody war” if there is outside interference in Libya, as a Middle East expert tells Channel 4 News the stalemate could continue, leaving Libya a broken country.
Libya is not like the other Middle East revolutions – but that does not mean that the intervention route is the right one, writes Jon Snow.