Sunday
Sep112011
Libya, Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: The Battle for Sirte
Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 7:16 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
2015 GMT: Niger's Minister of Justice has said that former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's son Saadi entered the country on Saturday.
"He was in a convoy of nine people. They were intercepted heading in the direction of [the northern Niger town of] Agadez." Marou Adamou told a news conference. Two other convoys of Qaddafi loyalists have entered the town, which lies to the south of Libya, in the past week.
"We were not informed of their arrival," said Adamou. He said he expected the Qaddafi group to be transferred to the capital Niamey on Monday or Tuesday.
2010 GMT: A protest in Idlib in northwest Syria tonight:
Qorieh in the northeast:
Amuda in the northeast:
And a large protest in Jarjanaz in the northwest earlier today: