Machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades were fired during sustained clashes in central Tripoli on Tuesday, witnesses say. It is not clear why the fighting broke out or who was involved.
Libya's interim government gave regional militias still in the capital until late December to hand over security control and go home. The government threatened to lock down the city if they fail to leave, officials reported Tuesday.
Saif al-Islam, ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son and heir apparent, has been detained in the southern city of Obari, officials announced Saturday. The 39-year-old was with bodyguards and reportedly not injured.
They hail from the same community as Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Now Lebanon’s Alawite community is monitoring the situation across the Lebanon-Syrian border with trepidation. FRANCE 24 reports from northern Lebanon.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday he continues to receive information Moamar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam might try to flee from Libya with the help of mercenaries.
Abdul Raheem al-Keeb, a little-known academic and businessman, was elected Libya’s interim prime minister by the NTC on Monday. Experts say the new leader must quickly tackle both domestic challenges and international concerns.
Libya's National Transitional Council elected little-known academic Abdel Rahim al-Kib (pictured left) to the post of prime minister Monday. The NATO-enforced no-fly zone and naval blockade was set to end at midnight.
NATO on Monday ends the seven-month military mission in Libya that helped topple Muammar Gaddafi. But with the new Libyan leadership facing crucial challenges, some alliance member states are set to continue playing a role in the country’s future.
Muammar Gaddafi's death dominates all the papers, with reaction centring on the brutality of his last hours and whether - as with the Ceausescus in Romania and Saddam Hussein in Iraq - this will cast a shadow. That's the focus for this review of the French press, 21st October 2011.
