Search Results: libyan
Iran warns Libyans to shun hegemonies
Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:46AM GMT 
Iran's Foreign Ministry
The Islamic Republic of Iran has called on Libyans to maintain national solidarity and prevent the hegemonistic powers from interfering in post revolution Libya.
The Islamic Republic of Iran congratulates the Muslim people of Libya on the latest developments which arose from their movements and resistance, said a Tuesday statement by Iran's Foreign Ministry.
Iran respects the rightful demands of the Muslim Libyan people who threw out colonialist powers from their country in the past and now are protecting their revolution through vigilance, the statement added.
The popular uprising in Libya underpinned the necessity to meet popular demands and respect the public, it went on to read.
Tehran further cautioned Libyans to remain alert on the advances made by the former colonialists that seek dominion by making 'empty claims.'
The Islamic Republic of Iran has supported the popular move in Libya since its inception and opposed foreign intervention, and the killing of innocent people in the African country, the Iranian foreign ministry pointed out.
It also expressed hope for the Libyan people to direct their revolution into the path of independence, national unity, dignity and development.
Iran voiced readiness to transfer its experience to the Libyan people to achieve freedom, human dignity and progress, the ministry said.
SF/GHN/HRF
Send to friendPrint this article
'Unit guarding Gaddafi joins opposition'
Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:30AM GMT 
Mahmoud Shammam, the Libyan opposition's minister of information
A senior Libyan opposition figure says the top military unit in charge of protecting Libya's beleaguered dictator Muammar Gaddafi has joined the opposition fighters.
Mahmoud Shammam, the Libyan opposition's minister of information, said that the security forces' commander "has joined the revolution and ordered his soldiers to drop their weapons,” the Associated Press reported on Monday.
On Sunday, the fighters entered the capital -- Gaddafi's last stronghold -- from the west.
They are said to have arrested Gaddafi's second son, Seif al-Islam, amid reports that his eldest son Mohammad has also surrendered himself to the revolutionaries.
Libya has been the scene of intense fighting between troops loyal to its embattled dictator Gaddafi and opposition forces since a revolution seeking to overthrow the Libyan regime began in mid-February.
As the fighters tighten their grip on Tripoli, the city's residents are also being called on to rise up against the despot.
Gaddafi has, however, said the regime will 'emerge victorious' even as the fighters were being received with cheers in capital.
MAB/HN
Send to friendPrint this article
Eldest Gaddafi son Muhammad gives in
Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:38PM GMT 
File picture shows hundreds of cars carrying revolutionary fighters to the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Libyan opposition forces say the country's dictator Muammar Gaddafi's eldest son Muhammad has surrendered himself to the fighters.
He gave himself up to the revolutionaries in the early hours of Monday after they seized control of Tajura, an eastern suburb of the capital, Tripoli, the Doha-based news channel of Al-Jazeera reported on the Tweeter.
Muhammad Gaddafi was in charge of the main internet provider service for Libya and cut the country loose from the cyber world immediately after the beginning of a revolution against Gaddafi's regime in February.
There are also reports that the dictator's security guards have joined the forces.
Libya has been the scene of intense fighting between government troops and opposition forces since a revolution seeking to topple Gaddafi began in mid-February.
Libya's former Prime Minister Abdessalam Jalloud, who defected from Gaddafi's regime on Friday, has said that it was too late for the authoritarian ruler to strike a deal to quit power and that he would probably be killed.
"I think it would be difficult for Gaddafi to give himself up...I don't think the evolution of the situation in Tripoli will allow him to survive," he said.
The regime would fall in less than 10 days, said the former official, who was among the officers, who helped Gaddafi wrest power in a coup in 1969, but fell out of favor with the ruler in the nineties.
AS/HN
Send to friendPrint this article
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – South African President Jacob Zuma says Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi has accepted the African Union’s “road map” for a cease-fire with rebels.
Zuma and other African leaders traveled to Tripoli to meet Qaddafi on Sunday and will be in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Monday to meet leaders of the opposition.
The African Union’s road map calls for an immediate cease-fire, opening channels for humanitarian aid and talks between the rebels and the government.
Qaddafi has ignored the cease-fire he announced after international airstrikes were authorized last month, and he rejects rebel demands that he step down.
Zuma says despite the divide, “We have to give the cease-fire a chance.”
'Libyan aide in London for secret talks'
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) and Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi
An aide to the Libyan regime has arrived in London for secret talks with the UK government, adding fuels to speculations that the regime is seeking a way out of the crisis, a report says.
The Libyan envoy identified as Mohammed Ismail, who is a senior aide to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, have held secret talks with British officials a day after Libyan Foreign Minister Mussa Koussa fled to London and announced his resignation, The Guardian reported on Thursday.
Even though Libyan officials in Tripoli have portrayed Ismail's visit as a trip to see his children, who are being educated in Britain, many analysts believe covert talks are afoot between Tripoli and London to hammer out an exit strategy for Gaddafi and his henchmen to extricate themselves from the ongoing revolution in Libya.
The controversial trip comes amid signs that the Libyan regime is crumbling from within after Koussa, who was a member of the Libyan Bureau for External Security in the 1980s, flew to England from Tunisia on Wednesday.
Earlier on Thursday, Kli Abdessalam Treki, the president of the General Assembly of the United Nations, said in a statement on Thursday that he will not represent crisis-hit Libya at the UN.
Meanwhile, reports say the United States and Britain have dispatched covert intelligence operatives into Libya as part of efforts to make contacts with opposition forces and to pave the way for furtherance of US-led aerial strikes against Gaddafi's forces.
HA/MGH
Send to friendPrint this article
 Page 1 of 6 |
|
|
|
