{"id":341038,"date":"2011-03-26T19:30:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/libya-anti-govt-forces-retake-key-towns-of-ajdabiya-brega\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T19:30:13","slug":"libya-anti-govt-forces-retake-key-towns-of-ajdabiya-brega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/libya-anti-govt-forces-retake-key-towns-of-ajdabiya-brega\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya: Anti-Govt Forces Retake Key Towns of Ajdabiya, Brega"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"36.780275562001\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>26 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Libyan rebels recaptured the strategic oil town of Ajdabiya on Saturday, and claim to have taken Brega, after a barrage of Western air strikes ousted forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi. Rebels are still pushing west, and have Ras Lanuf in sight.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive positions previously held by pro-Kadhafi forces stood deserted on Saturday morning as jubilant rebels moved into the town.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday and Friday, coalition warplanes struck Kadhafi&#8217;s forces in Ajdabiya, boosting rebel efforts to recapture the city.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Ajdabiya is the first town to have fallen back into rebel hands since the strikes began on 19 March. Its residents have accused Kadhafi loyalists of brutalising the population before they were forced out.<\/p>\n<p>Rebels on Saturday hailed the fall of Ajdabiya and Brega as the first steps towards recapturing several eastern towns &#8211; notably Ras Lanuf.<\/p>\n<p>Kadhafi&#8217;s forces are said to be on the retreat, at Al-Bisher, about 30 kilometres west of Brega.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110326-libyan-rebels-retake-key%20towns-Ajdabiya-Brega\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103260075.html\" title=\"Libya: Anti-Govt Forces Retake Key Towns of Ajdabiya, Brega\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libya: Anti-Govt Forces Retake Key Towns of Ajdabiya, Brega<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 26 March 2011 Libyan rebels recaptured the strategic oil town of Ajdabiya on Saturday, and claim to have taken Brega, after a barrage of Western air strikes ousted forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi. Rebels are still pushing west, and have Ras Lanuf in sight. Defensive positions previously held by pro-Kadhafi forces stood deserted on Saturday morning as jubilant rebels moved into the town<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-341038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libya: Anti-Govt Forces Retake Key Towns of Ajdabiya, Brega - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/libya-anti-govt-forces-retake-key-towns-of-ajdabiya-brega\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Libya: Anti-Govt Forces Retake Key Towns of Ajdabiya, Brega - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"26 March 2011 Libyan rebels recaptured the strategic oil town of Ajdabiya on Saturday, and claim to have taken Brega, after a barrage of Western air strikes ousted forces loyal to leader Moamer Kadhafi. 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