Syria, Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Persistence

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:

Photo: Bryan Denton (New York Times)

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Syria, Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Occupation

2110 GMT: Witnesses and an activist report that two divisions of the Syrian army clashed with each other on Monday as the military occupied the southern town of Daraa.

Battalions of the 5th Division reportedly were trying to protect civilians and clashed with battalions of the 4th Division, commanded the President's brother, Maher al-Assad.

The battle reportedly lasted for several hours.

2100 GMT: Two photos from a protest today in Nawa, near the occupied town of Daraa in southern Syria. Posters include "80,000 people are under siege for five days, No water, no food, no electricity, no communications" and "No water, no medicine, no food":

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