Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Explosions in Damascus
Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 8:15 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran Images from Syrian State TV of this morning's explosions in Damascus
See also Friday's Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Anticipating Today's Protests
1800 GMT: As confirmation comes through of the arrest of the former head of intelligence of Libya's Qaddafi regime, there is a scramble over who will try him on criminal charges.
Mauritanian authorities arrested Abdullah al-Senussi, as he arrived on an overnight flight from the Moroccan city of Casablanca (see 1125 GMT).
Al-Senussi has been sought by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity. However, Libya's National Transitional Council want to put him on trial, and France is also seeking his extradition, citing his alleged role in the 1989 bombing of an airliner over Niger in which 54 French nationals died.