Saturday, 12. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 12, 2011 at 5:58:00 PM CET
The state television also said the Arab League had decided to open channels of communication with a Libyan rebel council based in Benghazi. The League said the council represented the Libyan people, the channel reported.
Retreating Libyan rebels win Arab League boost
Libyan rebels beat a further retreat on Saturday under air strikes and shellfire from Moamer Kadhafi's forces, even as an Arab League decision to back a no-fly zone boosted their uprising.
Having abandoned an operation to recapture the oil town of Ras Lanuf, the outgunned anti-regime fighters struggled to set up a new defensive line 30 kilometres (about 20 miles) further east along a coastal road towards Brega.
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