{"id":448869,"date":"2011-06-27T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T13:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/27\/clashes-near-to-libyan-frontline\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T13:32:05","slug":"clashes-near-to-libyan-frontline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/clashes-near-to-libyan-frontline\/","title":{"rendered":"Clashes Near to Libyan Frontline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"29.4490413724\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/thisday180.jpg\" alt=\"This Day (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit This Day (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>27 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Rebels have been engaged in fierce firefights with government forces about 80km (50 miles) south-west of Tripoli and close to their frontline.<\/p>\n<p>A BBC correspondent who was with the rebels said two of them had died in the battle, according to a volunteer medic.<\/p>\n<p>The rebels said government forces suffered far greater casualties, although that cannot be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Col Muammar Gaddafi has agreed to stay out of talks on ending the conflict, African leaders said.<\/p>\n<p>In a communique after talks on Sunday in South Africa, the African Union panel on Libya said it &#8220;welcomes Colonel Gaddafi&#8217;s acceptance of not being part of the negotiations process&#8221;. The statement did not elaborate.<\/p>\n<p>The frontline is now thought to have moved just north of Bir Ayad to near the town of Bir al-Ghanam.<\/p>\n<p>An AFP correspondent nearby heard heavy fire from rockets and machine-guns.<\/p>\n<p>Guma el-Gamaty, a spokesman for the rebels&#8217; National Transitional Council, told AP news agency Bir al-Ghanam was important as it was barely 30km south of Zawiya, a western gateway to Tripoli.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition fighters seized Zawiya in March before government troops drove the rebels out of the oil-refinery city. Fighting again broke out there this month.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106271671.html\" title=\"Clashes Near to Libyan Frontline\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clashes Near to Libyan Frontline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 27 June 2011 Rebels have been engaged in fierce firefights with government forces about 80km (50 miles) south-west of Tripoli and close to their frontline. A BBC correspondent who was with the rebels said two of them had died in the battle, according to a volunteer medic. The rebels said government forces suffered far greater casualties, although that cannot be confirmed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":448871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-448869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clashes Near to Libyan Frontline - 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\/06\/27\/clashes-near-to-libyan-frontline\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Clashes Near to Libyan Frontline - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"27 June 2011 Rebels have been engaged in fierce firefights with government forces about 80km (50 miles) south-west of Tripoli and close to their frontline. 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