A rebel firing a gun in the heavily contested city of Ajdābiyā in eastern Libya, March 6, 2011. The graffiti on the side of the truck reads, “Army of Libya.”
Anja Niedringhaus/APA Libyan rebel implores people to retreat as shelling from forces loyal to leader Muammar al-Qaddafi begins landing at the rebel position some 150 km (90 mi) east of Surt on March 29, 2011. Though NATO forces had begun airstrikes in support of the rebels, it took another five months for the opposition to dislodge the regime.
Anja Niedringhaus/APMen suspected of being Chadian mercenaries fighting on behalf of Libyan ruler Muammar al-Qaddafi are detained by antigovernment forces at a roadblock in eastern Libya, Feb. 27, 2011.
Kevin Frayer/APOn Sept. 15, 2011, French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy (right) and British Prime Minister David Cameron greet a crowd in Benghazi, Libya, during a joint visit to the country in which they pledged support to its new leadership.
Philippe Wojazer/APA Rafale fighter lands on the deck of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in March 2011, during NATO’s enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya.
Benoit Tessier—Reuters/LandovIn the port of Tripoli, Libya, the bodies of some of the more than 230 migrants who drowned when their vessel capsized in late March 2009 lie on a ship that took part in a rescue operation.
APThe Sahara.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Exterior view of the remains of the Roman amphitheatre at Leptis Magna, Libya.
© 1997; AISA, Archivo Iconográfico, Barcelona, EspañaFort Elena, on a hill near Sabhā, Libya.
J. Allan Cash Photolibrary/EB Inc.Irrigated fields at Al-Kufrah oasis, southeastern Libya.
Derek Bayes/Tony Stone ImagesRemains of the theatre of the ancient city of Sabratha, Libya.
Ray Manley/Shostal AssociatesThe remains of the Roman basilica at Leptis Magna, Libya.
© 1997; AISA, Archivo Iconográfico, Barcelona, EspañaRemains of the Roman amphitheatre at Leptis Magna, Libya.
© 1997; AISA, Archivo Iconográfico, Barcelona, EspañaCol. Muammar al-Qaddafi, 1999.
Marwan Naamani—AFP/Getty ImagesSix health workers convicted of having deliberately infected Libyan children with HIV arrive in Sofia, Bulg., after their extradition from Libya, 2007; they were promptly pardoned by Bulgaria’s president.
APKey sites of the 2011 Libya revolt.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Protesters at a rally in Banghāzī in March 2011 carrying the Libyan flag that was used from 1951 to 1969. The flag was adopted by the rebels in 2011.
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