NATO spokesperson Wing Commander Mike Bracken recently has admitted that there was an error in the weapons systems in one of the aircrafts that executed the air strike in Tripoli on Sunday which resulted civilian casualties. Continue Reading
Germany has acknowledged Libyan rebels’ National Transitional Council (NTC) as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people. This was announced by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle during his 3-hour visit in Benghazi, a rebel-controlled territory in the eastern part of the country. Continue Reading
United Nations Human Rights experts recently released their investigation report about violations committed by both sides of the Libyan conflict. They conducted separate interviews on the 350 people belonging to both sides of the conflict and visited refugee camps located outside Libyan borders. Those interviewed were composed of human rights groups, doctors, nurses, and other medical practitioners, as well as families of those arrested by the Libyan security forces under Col Muammar Gaddafi regime.
The lead prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has recently reported his findings on the Libyan conflict saying that there are “reasonable grounds” to prosecute the Gaddafi forces responsible for the deaths of about 500 to 700 people during the February government crackdown on the anti-government protesters. Continue Reading
In a unique vintage while looking at the current situation in Libya, U.S. media recently asked U.S. President Barack Obama if he would support the view of arming the NLC freedom fighters in Libya. Obama said he is not ruling it out neither ruling it in. Continue Reading
US President Barack Obama recently broke his silence over issues that remained unanswered in the United States, about US-led intervention in Libya, which subsequently decreased his approval rating among the American public. Continue Reading