Business Recorder - News https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:58:29 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:58:29 +0500 60 Libyan rebels retake hamlet of Bin Jawad https://www.brecorder.com/news/8891/libyan-rebels-retake-hamlet-of-bin-jawad <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" alt=" " src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/mar/rebels.jpg" width="400" height="219" />BIN JAWAD: Libyan rebels fighting Moamer Kadhafi's regime on Sunday recaptured Bin Jawad, a hamlet 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the key oil town of Ras Lanuf, AFP correspondents reported.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">The rebels said they took advantage of French air strikes on Bin Jawad at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) that destroyed several tanks, the wreckages of which were seen on a road.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">Members of the ragtag rebel army fired off rounds of celebratory gunfire into the air as they headed further west towards Kadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a central coastal city.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><Center /><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</b></i></center></p> BIN JAWAD: Libyan rebels fighting Moamer Kadhafi's regime on Sunday recaptured Bin Jawad, a hamlet 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the key oil town of Ras Lanuf, AFP correspondents reported.

The rebels said they took advantage of French air strikes on Bin Jawad at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) that destroyed several tanks, the wreckages of which were seen on a road.

Members of the ragtag rebel army fired off rounds of celebratory gunfire into the air as they headed further west towards Kadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a central coastal city.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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