SIRTE (Reuters) - For months the Libyan fighters who toppled Muammar Gaddafi both craved and dreaded the battle for his hometown Sirte. Nearly two weeks of costly fighting have made it clear why. The ...

Thousands of buildings with collapsed walls and missing storeys still beg for reconstruction in the Libyan city of Sirte, where Muammar Gaddafi made his last stand a year ago. Resentment bristles at ...

SIRTE, Libya, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Libyan interim government forces prepared on Tuesday for a final attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown and one of his former lieutenants said he believed the deposed ...

Libya's interim leaders have confirmed the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte, saying the "liberation of the country" is now complete. Follow the events as they unfolded on our ...

Libyan rebels were advancing on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirt on Monday after a night of international air raids targeted government forces in the strategic midway point on the road to Tripoli. The ...

SIRTE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Residents returning to Sirte are accusing Libyan interim government fighters of demolishing and looting homes, shops and public buildings in Muammar Gaddafi's home town to ...

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - The people living in the ruins of Sirte's 600 Block district have waited years for help removing rubble and rebuilding homes damaged by warfare, but despite a new Libyan ...

SIRTE, Libya, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Sniper fire flashed out from the defenders of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown Sirte as fighters loyal to the new government seized the airport and ripped down billboards ...

SIRTE, Libya, April 16 (UNHCR) - Ali points to a housing block that looks like a slab of Swiss cheese - full of holes from artillery fire - and says he feels lucky that he can at least stay in his own ...

Aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross arrive at the hometown of Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday and are trying to enter the besieged Libyan city of Sirte A truckload of supplies ...

The airstrikes came a day after fierce clashes erupted in the Libyan capital, which remained tense as rebels hunted for the elusive leader and his allies, detaining suspected loyalists and raising ...

Dubai British warplanes bombed a bunker in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte as anti-regime fighters grouped yesterday for another push on one of the last major regime holdouts, east of Tripoli. As ...