Libyan rebel forces were converging on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Monday, hoping to deliver the coup de grace of their revolution but uncertain if the fallen strongman was holed up there.

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - When Western officials cajoled Libya's warring factions to support a unity government this year, they said it was a chance for the rival armed brigades to unite against ...

SIRTE, Libya (AP) Families in pickup trucks stacked with mattresses and jugs of water fled Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte Tuesday ahead of an expected new push by revolutionary forces to ...

The fall of Sirte would be a major blow to Daesh, which took over the city a year ago in the chaos of a civil war between rival factions who once battled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Libyan security officials say a significant number of militants left Sirte before the battle or in its early stages, and that Daesh has cells along Libya’s western coast as well as in the ...

Along Libyan Highway, Fears Of 'Chaos, Civil War' By Peter Kenyon Published Mar 12, 2011 5:49 AM ...

Libyan forces said they captured a residential neighborhood in central Sirte from Islamic State on Monday, leaving just one district of the city still occupied by the militants.

Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government made a significant breakthrough Wednesday in their nearly three-month-old offensive to retake Sirte, seizing a conference centre where IS had set ...

SIRTE, Libya — With NATO jets roaring overhead, revolutionary forces fought their way into Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown Saturday in the first significant push into the stubborn stronghold in ...