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UPDATED : Chronology of Libya Revolution 2011

Libya, an oil-rich nation in North Africa, has been under the firm, if sometimes erratic, leadership of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi since he seized power in 1969. But in February 2011, the unrest sweeping through much of the Arab world erupted in several Libyan cities.

TAP sources: CIA sent operatives into Libya

The CIA sent small teams of operatives into Libya after the agency's station in the capital was forced to close, and officers assisted in the rescue one of the two crew members of an F-15E Strike Eagle that crashed.

There Are 1000 Jihadists Amongst Rebels

A former leader of an al Qaeda linked group in Libya claims that there are around 1000 fundamentalist Islamic fighters in the country that have joined the uprising against Col. Moammar Gaddafi’s forces, a number that jives with intelligence reports and independent estimates.

Qaddafi claims Al Qaeda could overrun Libya. Could it?

The young Qaddafi loyalist wove together a grim tale that fits the official Libyan narrative perfectly. Al Qaeda fighters torched his home in the rebel-held enclave of Misratah, he claimed, and then killed his father. The crazed Islamists, he charged.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Yemen protesters remember dead with talks stalled

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemenis on Thursday commemorated dozens of people killed in weeks of street protests demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh resign, while efforts continued to negotiate his exit from power within the next year. Weeks of protests in Sanaa and elsewhere have brought Saleh's 32-year-old rule to the verge of collapse but the United States and Saudi Arabia, an important financial

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The Foreign Office has urged all British nationals to leave Yemen while commercial airlines are still flying "in light of the rapid deterioration in the security situation". It said there are likely to be protests on Friday which might result in violent clashes. It has been advising against all travel to Yemen since March 4 and urging British nationals to leave immediately since March 12.

The Foreign Office said

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SANAA, Yemen — Clinging to power despite weeks of protests, Yemen's president scrapped an offer Sunday to step down by year's end, and Islamic militants taking advantage of the deteriorating security took control of another southern town. Opponents of President Ali Abdullah Saleh — a group that started with university students and has expanded to include defecting military commanders, politicians,

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Accelerating unrest in Syria, with the regime scrambling to find some combination of concession and repression to stay in power, has regime change juices in the United States flowing. The Washington Post editorial page says “it is time to recognize that Syria’s ruler is an unredeemable thug—and that the incipient domestic uprising offers a potentially precious opportunity.”

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has a new American critic. On Thursday, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, rapped Mr. Assad for not following through on his recent commitments to initiate political reforms. Syrian officials have suggested in recent days that a national address Mr. Assad gave Wednesday would unveil sweeping new political changes

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CAIRO — As Syria braced for renewed antigovernment demonstrations, the government announced new measures on Thursday seemingly aimed at addressing the protesters’ demands. But analysts said they were doubtful that the changes, coming a day after President Bashar al-Assad pointedly refused to make concessions, would amount to more than window dressing, and activists promised to go

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HALIFAX — Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared Thursday that Canada will not send ground troops into Libya — even though he sees a clear need to depose that country's ruler, Moammar Gadhafi. Harper's comments came following recent reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has operatives on the ground in Libya working with rebel forces.

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