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Libya's shaken rebels are trying to rid their ranks of enemies after the assassination last week of their military chief, Abdel-Fattah Younis.
Yet the rebels have as yet no command and control; they serve a political entity (if that is not too generous a way to describe the councils that have been set up in eastern Libya) that is ...
BENGHAZI, Libya - The battle for control of the country has seesawed back and forth for weeks. Rebels Monday took back most of Brega, a key oil town in the east. Opposition leaders insist they can ...
Inside their leadership structure. Benghazi, Libya—After the February 17 start of the revolution against longtime Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, rebels moved swiftly to capitalize on their ...
Rebels along the eastern front, April 2. By Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters. BENGHAZI, Libya -- Why has the NATO-led international coalition scaled back its air strikes in Libya's east? The likely ...
If Moammar Gadhafi leaves power, there will be many challenges for the rebels to deal with. Leaders of the National Transitional Council say they have a plan for governing Libya, but they're ...
With Western allies engaged in military attacks on Libya with no clear plan in sight, James Traub of Foreign Policy argues that if the Libyan rebels manage to come out on top, they will need ...
With each passing day, in a multiplicity of ways, Libya’s rebels, who poured into Tripoli a little over a week ago, have been filling the vacuum left behind by the fugitive Brother Leader ...
(See exclusive photos of Libya’s rebels.) The sheep will live to see at least several more days. Perhaps it will have a long life. By Tuesday afternoon, it was the rebels’ turn to flee again ...
Libyan rebels clashed with militias loyal to Moammar Gadhafi as the embattled leader warned of further bloodshed if the international community interferes in the country’s affairs. James Mates ...