Saturday
May072011
Syria, Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Persistence
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 13:12 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
1730 GMT: Opposition accounts and video indicate regime forces in Libya have been scattering land mines in Misurata.
Human Rights Watch has verified the use of Chinese anti-vehicle mines, dropped by mini-parachutes from rockets.
1650 GMT: Another image of the regime airstrike on oil storage tanks of the opposition-held city of Misurata in Libya: