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  • 29 Jul 2011

    The military leader of Libya’s rebel forces has been killed by Gaddafi loyalists, according to Libya’s National Transitional Council.

  • 27 Jul 2011

    Hague’s Libya move less than it appears

    Is there less than meets the eye to William Hague’s statement on recognising the NTC in Libya as the government, asks our Political Editor.

  • 26 Jul 2011

    Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi could stay in the country as long as he relinquishes power, according to Foreign Secretary William Hague.

  • 15 Jul 2011

    Turkey’s Foreign Minister has backed calls to unfreeze around £2bn of Libyan cash for humanitarian aid.

  • 7 Jul 2011

    As two offensives place Libyan rebel forces within striking distance of Gaddafi’s Tripoli stronghold, Anthony Tucker-Jones asks if they can maintain their new-found momentum.

  • 4 Jul 2011

    Turkey officially recognises Libya’s anti-government rebels and promises to give them at least $200m in aid.

  • 30 Jun 2011

    Governments, Libyan rebels and Nato have made much of the supposed use of foreign mercenaries and allegations of systemic mass rape to justify the war against Colonel Gaddafi. But little to no evidence has been produced to justify the claims.

  • 29 Jun 2011

    Colonel Gaddafi’s regime in Libya could be entering a final, decisive phase, with reports that the main pipeline supplying oil to Tripoli has been cut.

  • 22 Jun 2011

    As Italy calls for fighting in Libya to be suspended so aid can reach victims, one charity tells Channel 4 News reports of landmines in western regions are making aid deliveries “very difficult”.

  • 21 Jun 2011

    “But will Colonel Gaddafi be gone by then? Everyone has their own theories. It’ll be over by Ramadan. Nato has to end it by August. He won’t be here at the end of the year. And then the vague ones. His days are numbered. It’s only a matter of time.”

  • 16 Jun 2011

    Russia and China step up pressure on the West over its action in Libya, urging “meticulous adherence” to the UN resolutions authorising the action. Lindsey Hilsum reports from Tripoli.

  • 14 Jun 2011

    “NATO appears to have run out of targets in Tripoli, but the Brother Leader is still here, playing chess with his friend Kirsan Illuyzhinov, the President of the World Chess Federation,a man who claims to have been briefly abducted by space aliens in 1997.”

  • 11 Jun 2011

    As Libyans in Britain anxiously watch events in their homeland, a few choose to return and fight with the rebels. Jane Deith has been talking to one of them.

  • 6 Jun 2011

    Exclusive: As the woman who became the face of Libya’s rebel struggle heads to the US, Channel 4 News reveals how – after her alleged rape by Gaddafi troops – she suffered “outrageously” in Qatar.

  • 4 Jun 2011

    British and French helicopter gunships have attacked Colonel Gaddafi’s forces, amid criticisms that the scale of NATO’s involvement is suffering from “mission creep”.