How Western powers secured UN backing to act against Gaddafi's Libya in 2011
The turning point against Muammar Gaddafi's regime came at the UN Security Council, where the five permanent members hold veto power. As Gaddafi's forces moved to attack rebels in Benghazi, the council voted on Resolution 1973 on March 17, 2011. The article claims Russia was misled into supporting the measure, which Western nations later used to pursue the regime's removal. The report frames this episode as the decisive step that sealed Gaddafi's fate in Tripoli.
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