Thursday
Feb242011
Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Standoffs
Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 5:21 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Iraq, Middle East and Iran 
2205 GMT: Al Jazeera English has posted video of wounded men being treated in Az Zawiyah, where fierce battles took place between regime forces and the opposition today.
2155 GMT: The first edition of the newspaper in "free" Benghazi has been published
2150 GMT: Text messages to Libyans declare that a local cleric has issued a fatwa against watching television channels "like Al Jazeera" that incite bloodshed.
2145 GMT: Libya's Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, who broke with the regime earlier this week, has appealed to key Brigadier Generals Mahdi Al Arabi and Mohamed Al Esawi to turn against Muammar Qaddafi.