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Libya
NATO says it is ramping up its air attacks on military targets in western Libya, where rebel forces have claimed a string of advances through territory still largely under Moammar Gadhafi control. In the meantime, the African Union has called on Member States to disregard a warrant for Gadhafis arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against the Libyan leader. This could enable Gadhafi travel freely on the continent.
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Yemen
About 50 Yemeni soldiers missing after violent clashes with the group al-Qaida-linked Ansar al-Sharia in the southern city of Zinjibar, said a military official. Government forces do not appear to have the will to fight the militants, raising fears that al-Qaida makes significant gains. Text wrapping feature further calls to its expelled remains President Ali Abdullah Saleh bedridden in Saudi Arabia, according to a Yemeni official.
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Bahrain
Riot police in Bahrain have fired tear gas at anti-government protesters who oppose reconciliation talks between the Gulf Kingdom Sunni rulers and the Shiite-led opposition. Bahrain's main Shiite party, Al Wefaq, participating in the Government-led talks in the capital, Manama. Around 300 delegates from various political parties and Government-linked groups participate in the meetings.
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Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad has sacked the Governor of the Central central city of Hama in apparently political payback after hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the largest demonstration yet against Assad's regime. Activists say the Governor was believed to be leaning toward the protesters, after he allegedly urged security forces to avoid another bloodbath. In the last month killed at least 65 people in Hama last month.
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