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KEY DEVELOPMENTS · As of March 28, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has assumed command of the international mission to enforce the no-fly zone in Libya, where coalition airstrikes on Libyan military sites continue, according to international…

Listen to the News In Libya, humanitarian agencies continue trying to help those in need. For the first time since the no-fly zone began, the World Food Programme (WFP) was able to send several truck loads of supplies to Benghazi from…

VALLETTA, March 28 (Reuters) - A group of 515 Somali and Eritrean migrants landed in Malta on Monday having travelled from Libya, the Maltese armed forces said. Read the full article on AlertNet.

On the Issues by Paul Hughes March 28, 2011 USIP's Paul Hughes, senior program officer with the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, discusses the No Fly Zone and NATO mission in Libya. * How significant is the decision by NATO to…

Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi have carried out a campaign of enforced disappearances in an attempt to crush growing opposition to his rule, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing paper. Libya: Detainees,disappeared and missing, details over 30…

SC/10214 Security Council 6507th Meeting (PM) The Committee established to monitor sanctions recently imposed on Libya is now "fully operational", its Chairman, José Filipe Moraes Cabral of Portugal, told the Security Council this afternoon, stressing the need for Member States to fully…

The notion of humanitarian intervention went dormant after the Iraq war, but has now returned, championed by many of the same countries that were the greatest opponents of invading Baghdad. By Robert Marquand, Staff writer / March 28, 2011 Paris The decision…

Los Angeles, Calif. - The crisis in Libya continues to escalate with the eastern part of the country experiencing heavy strikes throughout the past week. The cities of Benghazi, Ras Lanuf, Brega and Ajdabiya have experienced intense fighting and…

27 Mar 2011 20:51 By Maria Golovnina TRIPOLI, March 27 (Reuters) - Outside the impenetrable walls of Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, fuel shortages and endless queues are compounding an atmosphere of gloom in a city already worn out by weeks…

On March 27, NATO Allies decided to take on the whole military operation in Libya under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973. The purpose of Operation Unified Protector is to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack. NATO…