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A Libyan military court sentences a group of Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian men to long prison terms, having found them guilty of serving as mercenaries for Muammar Gaddafi in the Libyan Civil War. A Russian who was deemed the group's leader was sentenced to life imprisonment, and the rest were sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labor.
2012-06-4

2011 Libyan civil war: Rebels claim that a NATO airstrike has killed Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son Khamis but this is later denied.
2011-08-5

2011 Libyan civil war: Rebels claim to have fired rockets at a meeting of senior Gaddafi-regime officials in the capital Tripoli.
2011-07-23

Approximately 250 people fleeing from the Libyan Civil War to Europe may have died as their ship sinks off the coast of Tunisia.
2011-06-2

Opponents of the Gaddafi regime seek recognition in Europe after the United States stopped short of granting the National Transitional Council full diplomatic recognition, but the White House said it was a "legitimate and credible interlocutor".
2011-05-14

Opposition forces in Misrata claim to have seized the city's airport from forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
2011-05-11

Family members of Libyan dissidents raise concerns about kidnapping by the current regime.
2011-03-3

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi tells Al-Arabiya television that the unrest in Libya opens up all options including civil war.
2011-02-26

More than 5,700 people have fled Libya for Tunisia in the past couple of days.
2011-02-23

Anti-government protestors and defectors take control of more cities.
2011-02-23