Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: The Saudis Intervene in Bahrain
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 5:59 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 2200 GMT: Another appearance by Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi tonight. Addressing supporters in Tripoli, he chided his opponents: "You are saying Gaddafi is going to leave the country. Do you think Gaddafi would leave?....Those traitors who let Libya down during the Italian imperialism, they have left their children with the shame."
Qaddafi spoke as the opposition held an anti-regime rally in their base in Benghazi in the east.
2105 GMT: A gang armed with clubs and butcher knives attacked the printing press of Bahrain's only opposition newspaper, Al Wasat, early Tuesday morning.
Al Wasat, which means "The Centre" in Arabic, was set up in 2002 after Bahrain's King introduced reforms that allowed independent press licences. All of Bahrain's other newspapers are pro-government or affiliated with senior officials.
2100 GMT: Two clips claiming to be of protests in Syria today: