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Brotherly Leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi معمر القذافي Gaddafi in 1970 Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution In office 2 March 1979 – 20 October 2011 [a] Prime Minister See list Abdul Ati al-Obeidi Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi Abuzed Omar Dorda Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush Imbarek Shamekh Shukri Ghanem ...
12 March 2011: The Arab League "called on the United Nations Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya in a bid to protect civilians from air attack." [ 56 ] [ 57 ] [ 58 ] [ 67 ] The Arab League's request was announced by Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah , who stated that all member states present at the meeting ...
A United Nations report published in March 2012 gave a different account of Gaddafi's capture. Gaddafi was wounded by fragments of a grenade thrown by one of his own men, which bounced off a wall and fell in front of Gaddafi, shredding his flak jacket. He sat on the floor dazed and in shock, bleeding from a wound in the left temple.
Oil prices fell in the wake of last week's death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi. But it was a small dip, and it didn't last for long. Still, while the Libyan dictator's death may not lead to lower gas ...
The United Nations Security Council voted to authorize a Libyan no-fly zone. [1] Two days later, the French Air Force struck an armoured division and artillery pieces arrayed outside Benghazi, the de facto capital of the interim rebel governing authority, beginning international military operations in the Libyan theatre.
The health of a son of Libya's late leader Moammar Gadhafi was deteriorating three days into a hunger strike to protest his detention in Lebanon without trial, his lawyer said Tuesday. Hannibal ...
A son of Libya’s leader Moammar Gadhafi is suffering deteriorating health during the second week of a hunger strike to protest his detention in Beirut without trial, his lawyer said Friday.
Many nations condemned Gaddafi's government over its use of force against civilians. Several other nations allied with Gaddafi, accusing the uprising of being a "plot" by "Western powers" to loot Libya's resources. [65] The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to enforce a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace on 17 March 2011. [66]