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The Libyan Armed Forces bomb large fuel storage tanks in the town of Misrata, destroying the tanks and causing a large fire.
2011-05-7

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi continue to attack the city of Misrata.
2011-05-2

NATO reports it has intercepted Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the act of laying mines in Misrata as Tunisia successfully captures some of the troops who have brought the Libyan civil war onto its territory.
2011-04-29

2011 Libyan civil war: A NATO airstrike kills at least 11 people rising up against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the besieged Libyan port of Misrata.
2011-04-28

2011 Libyan civil war: Deaths continue to climb in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, while Spanish photojournalist Manu Brabo telephones his parents from the military prison in which he is being held in Tripoli.
2011-04-24

2011 Libyan civil war: The United States Air Force confirms an air strike by a predator drone in Misrata.
2011-04-23

Muammar Gaddafi's forces continue to use artillery shelling against civilians and rebels in Misrata. Rebels from the Nafusa Mountains region capture Libya's west border, where over 100 loyalist soldiers surrender to Tunisian authorities after being chased out by rebels.
2011-04-21

A humanitarian ship from Turkey rescues more than 250 injured people from Misrata and safely delivers them to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
2011-04-4

Rebel forces go on the offensive following Western-led airstrikes with clashes near Ajdabiya and in Misrata.
2011-03-21

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi shell Misrata as the civil war continues and start an assault on Ajdabiya the last town before the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
2011-03-16