Major General Abdel Fattah Younes, Chief of Staff of TNC in Libya has dismissed recent rumors about his injury or death.feb17.info/news/live-liby ...
@feb17libya Question is, who started the rumors and why do they want him dead?
7:00pm: NATO has continued to hammer Gaddafi’s forces around Libya, striking twice in central Tripoli on Monday, and Britain has said there would be no let up during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in August. But hopes have grown for a negotiated end to a war that has dragged on longer than many initially expected.
6:15pm: Major General Abdel Fattah Younes, Chief of Staff of rebel forces in Libya has dismissed recent rumors about his injury or death. The former Muammar Gaddafi aide mocked these rumors and accused Gaddafi regime of distributing this false information in order to influence the morale of the rebels .
5:25pm: Turkey has delivered its first cargo of fuel to aid east Libya as part of multi-million dollar free oil supply deal with the cash-strapped rebel government aimed at easing shortages, industry sources told Reuters. Libya’s civil war has damaged oil infrastructure and severely hampered the rebel government’s ability to produce and sell oil, increasing its reliance on foreign aid to pay for imports of refined products.
4:30pm: The U.N. envoy to Libya will discuss with rebel leaders on Monday informal plans for a negotiated end to the war as Western powers ramp up diplomatic and military pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to step down.Abdul Elah al-Khatib arrived in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Monday, rebels said, as a diplomatic push to end the conflict gathers steam.In an apparent further sign of moves towards a political solution, a senior rebel leader was quoted as saying that Gaddafi and his family could remain in Libya provided they gave up power.Gaddafi is clinging to power despite a four-month-old NATO air campaign and five months of fighting with rebels who have seized large swathes of the North African country.3:00pm:A group of Libyan diplomats and staff stormed the Libyan embassy in Sofia, smashing statues and portraits of Muammar Gaddafi and declaring the embassy under the control of the rebel forces, television channel BTV reported on Monday.Footage from the private television station showed several rebel supporters taking down the Libyan flag and smashing a bust of Gaddafi to pieces in the embassy’s yard.The group, led by consul Ibrahim al-Furis, took over the mission’s seal and the safe and declared they are now joining the rebels.Gaddafi is clinging to power despite a four-month-old NATO air campaign and fighting with rebels seeking an end to his 41-year rule.The group detained the charge d’affairs of the embassy and his secretary, who declined to denounce the Libyan leader. The two were later allowed to leave, bTV said.At the same time, the Bulgarian foreign ministry declared Ibrahim al-Furis persona-non-grata and asked him to leave the country in 24 hours.
11:30am: The family of Anton Hammerl, a South African and UK-based photojournalist killed in Libya in early April, will be holding a memorial service on 08 September in London.Gaddafi’s forces shot Hammerl “in an extremely remote location in the Libyan desert” on 05 April. The crime was witnessed by American journalists Clare Morgana Gillis and James Foley, who were with Hammerl and were abducted by pro-Gaddafi loyalists following the shooting. For weeks, the Libyan authorities had assured their South African counterparts that Hammerl was alive and being detained in an undisclosed location.However, when Gillis and Foley were released, they told Hammerl’s family that they had seen the photojournalist get shot and that it was highly unlikely that he had survived his injuries. His remains have yet to be located and returned to his family in the UK.The memorial service, set for 08 September at 3pm, will take place at St Bride’s Church on Fleet Street (EC4Y 8AU) in London.
11:00am: A Libyan diplomat has been given 24 hours to leave Bulgaria, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia confirmed on July 25 2011.The diplomat is Ibrahim Alfouirs, who has been declared persona non grata and has been ordered to leave Bulgaria under Article 9 of the Vienna Convention.
7:00pm: NATO has continued to hammer Gaddafi’s forces around Libya, striking twice in central Tripoli on Monday, and Britain has said there would be no let up during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in August. But hopes have grown for a negotiated end to a war that has dragged on longer than many initially expected.6:15pm: Major General Abdel Fattah Younes, Chief of Staff of rebel forces in Libya has dismissed recent rumors about his injury or death. The former Muammar Gaddafi aide mocked these rumors and accused Gaddafi regime of distributing this false information in order to influence the morale of the rebels .5:25pm: Turkey has delivered its first cargo of fuel to aid east Libya as part of multi-million dollar free oil supply deal with the cash-strapped rebel government aimed at easing shortages, industry sources told Reuters. Libya’s civil war has damaged oil infrastructure and severely hampered the rebel government’s ability to produce and sell oil, increasing its reliance on foreign aid to pay for imports of refined products.4:30pm: The U.N. envoy to Libya will discuss with rebel leaders on Monday informal plans for a negotiated end to the war as Western powers ramp up diplomatic and military pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to step down.3:00pm:A group of Libyan diplomats and staff stormed the Libyan embassy in Sofia, smashing statues and portraits of Muammar Gaddafi and declaring the embassy under the control of the rebel forces, television channel BTV reported on Monday.11:00am: A Libyan diplomat has been given 24 hours to leave Bulgaria, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia confirmed on July 25 2011.