Gharyan, just 55 miles south of Tripoli, is a prime objective of rebels in the country's western mountains. The government says the city is firmly on the side of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, but ...

The Libyan Defense Ministry said Friday that it considered the liberation of Gharyan last June "the real start for the military collapse of putschist [Khalifa] Haftar's militia." Deputy Defense ...

Gharyan, with a population of about half a million, is situated 90 kilometres south of Tripoli. To control that town is to control a major junction between the capital and the Tripoli province as ...

Eastern Libyan forces have advanced to a position just south of the town of Gharyan, which lies to the south of the capital Tripoli, local mayor Yousef al-Bdairi said on Thursday. "The situation now ...

Gharyan’s unique underground houses were hewn into the mountainside centuries ago, and many lie abandoned, but residents of the Libyan town are hoping tourism can help restore their heritage ...

Forces allied to Libya ‘s UN-recognised government have retaken Gharyan, a strategic town south of the capital, Tripoli – a claim initially denied by forces loyal to r enegade military ...

A weekend of clashes in Libya has left at least two people dead and more than 40 injured. Rival armed groups fired rockets and heavy machine guns around the town of Gharyan, about 80km (50 miles ...

Gharyan was until Wednesday the main forward base for the LNA where troops, weapons and ammunition arrived from the East. The LNA began its Tripoli campaign here.

Gharyan, just 55 miles south of Tripoli, is a prime objective of rebels in the country's western mountains. The government says the city is firmly on the side of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, but ...

Eastern Libyan forces have advanced to a position just south of the town of Gharyan, which lies to the south of the capital Tripoli, local mayor Yousef al-Bdairi said on Thursday.