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Heavy fighting breaks out in Tripoli, Libya, forcing Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha to flee the capital.
2022-05-17

The president of Libya's newly elected legislative congress, Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, calls the prime minister to an emergency meeting, after Saturday's bulldozing of the Sidi el-Sha'ab mausoleum in Tripoli by unnamed organized assailants. [https:--news.yahoo.com-fighters-bulldoze-sufi-mosque-central-tripoli-172020410.html?_esi=1 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)] [http:--online.wsj.com-article-SB10000872396390444230504577613260789607638.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ("Wall Street Journal)"]
2012-08-26

Voters in Libya go to the polls for a General National Congress election with those elected responsible for appointing a Prime Minister, cabinet and establishing a new constitution.
2012-07-7

The corpses of 53 pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters are found in Sirte, all having apparently been summarily executed by NTC troops.
2011-10-24

2011 Libyan civil war: In the pro-Muammar Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte, National Transitional Council forces are massing in a square about a kilometer (0.6 miles) from the city center, as they weather heavy fire from pro-Gaddafi snipers.
2011-09-24

Libya's National Transitional Council announces plans to move its headquarters to Tripoli following the capture of the city from Muammar Gaddafi.
2011-08-25

National Transitional Council Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil announces legislative and presidential elections within eight months, and promises that Muammar Gaddafi will be tried in Libya.
2011-08-24

National Transitional Council forces in Libya began cutting off supply lines to Tripoli after a 48 hour operation capturing key towns around the capital and surrounding the city.
2011-08-16

Assassins kill the military commander of Libya's National Transitional Council General Abdul Fatah Younis and two other officers.
2011-07-28

The United States recognizes the Libyan National Transitional Council as the legitimate governing authority in Libya.
2011-07-15