News headlines for “Crisis in Libya”, page 98
LIBYA: Satellite Technology to Help the Displaced
- Inter Press Service
Analysis based on satellite images and maps is helping to identify the flows of people fleeing the political violence in Libya to neighbouring countries.
BAHRAIN: Saudi Deployment Could Widen Communal Fault Lines
- Inter Press Service
Monday's arrival of 1,200 Saudi and 500 Emirati security forces with a mandate from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to support King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa's regime in Sunni- ruled, Shiite-majority Bahrain only stokes sectarian conflict and fuels the regional power politics between U.S.-Saudi hegemony and an increasingly influential Shiite-led Iran, analysts here argue.
LIBYA: Time for Intervention Running Out
- Inter Press Service
With Libyan government forces advancing towards the rebel capital of Benghazi, the time for possible military intervention by the U.S. and its NATO or other allies appears to be running short.
Saudi Troops 'Sent into Bahrain'
- Inter Press Service
A Saudi military force of about 1,000 troops has entered Bahrain to help protect government facilities there, according to witnesses and reports citing Saudi sources.
LIBYA: Benghazi Stands Firm Against Gaddafi's Gains
- Inter Press Service
The red, green and black flag-waving Libyans calling for the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi are staging a show of force in Benghazi. The support for the three-week-old revolution comes at the rebels' lowest military moment.
LIBYA: Religious Leaders Hold Out Against Gaddafi
- Inter Press Service
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi claims Al-Qaeda and other Muslim extremists are behind the recent rebellion to oust him from power. Salem Geber, the most well-known cleric in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city, says this explanation is not only wrong, but a vintage Gaddafi tactic to inspire fear.
MIDEAST: Obama Besieged by Policy Challenges
- Inter Press Service
Rarely, if ever, has a post-World War II U.S. president been beset by so many foreign policy challenges and uncertainties in one key geo-strategic region at the same time.
YEMEN: Death Toll Rising at Peaceful Protests
- Inter Press Service
Despite an ongoing dialogue between U.S. officials, human rights groups and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh regarding concerns over the use of lethal force to quell anti- government protests throughout the Persian Gulf state, the death toll continues to rise in Yemen's port city of Aden and in other locations.
COTE D'IVOIRE: Still Stuck in Stalemate
- Inter Press Service
The past-due leader of this resource-rich African nation remains bent on clinging to power, despite calls by his opposition and the wider international community to leave office immediately.
LIBYA: U.S. Edges Towards Rebel Recognition
- Inter Press Service
As the tide of battle appeared to shift for the first time Thursday in favour of forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, the United States and its European allies moved closer toward intervening - if not yet militarily - on the side of the insurgency.
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