Libya

The cost of British military intervention in Libya has been revealed as £212 million from 19 March to 31 October, amounting to a spending of nearly £1 million a day.

Mexico has uncovered a plot to smuggle Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saadi and his family into the country under false names and false documents.

Al Qaeda has called on Libyan fighters not to surrender their weapons to the National Transitional Council (NTC), as it warned them they would "return to slavery".

Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after illegal immigrants travelling from Libya to Italy were thrown overboard in a voodoo ritual.

Muammar Gaddafi's daughter Aisha has this week reiterated calls for the overthrow of the Libyan transitional government. Is she positioning herself to be the leader of a Libyan counter revolution?

Aisha Gaddafi's Call for the overthrow of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya has angered Algeria, it emerged Thursday.

Investigations say that Tony Blair government wanted Saif Gadaffi to enroll in Masters course in Oxford. The report also reveals Saif had 'donated' huge sums of money to LSE.

An alliance between Syrian opposition movements has been mooted following a secret meeting.

An influx of arms from Nigeria is posing a threat to Nigeria.

Foreign troops are heading to Syria to support both the rebels and the embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, prompting fears that the conflict is set to enter a yet more lethal phase.

Syrian officials have rejected the new sanctions imposed on the country by the Arab League and continued to accuse foreign countries of a conspiracy.

Outgoing Libyan Prime Minister Ali Tarhouni has criticized his country's newly established government.

With neighbours including Egypt and Libya, and after years of tensions and violent clashes with the newly separated South, Sudan finds itself in the middle of a region that is rapidly changing, but President al-Bashir dismissed speculation of an Arab Spring in the country.

Militias groups that have emerged during the Libyan conflict are illegally detaining thousands of people, including women and children, who they say are "enemies of the state", according to a U.N. report.

Confusion over the capture of Abdullah al Senussi, Gaddafi's former head of intelligence, is still growing after the U.S. envoy to the UN said the Libyan authorities were unable to confirm whether he is in custody.

Libya's transitional Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib is poised to nominate a new cabinet on Tuesday that will be in office until next year, when the North African country will stage the first elections since the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in August.

The capture of Muammar Gaddafi's playboy son Saif al-Islam, while he was trying to flee to Niger through Libya's southern desert, is just the latest dramatic development in a family saga that ruled the country for four decades.

For many, the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will confirm the end of an era. For Safia, 22, however, the woman who claims the dictator raped her for five years, the shadow of the colonel will haunt her forever.

While the Syrian National Council has released a document setting out plans for a transitional phase if the Assad regime falls, the armed opposition, the Free Syria Army, is gaining popularity.

The international community is seeking a fair trial for Saif Al-Islam.

William Hague is scheduled to meet Syrian opposition leaders in London next week to discuss the current situation in the Arab nation.

Maltreatment of African workers in Arab nations has been highlighted by reports that migrants suffered human rights violations during the Libyan conflict.

French Foreign minister Alain Juppe called for the UN to take new steps against the Syrian regime accused of leading a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy supporters.

Tensions are mounting between Syria and Turkey, upping the stakes that could force Bashar al-Assad's departure.

Much speculation has been made about the possibility of the popular protests in Syria disintegrating into an Iraq-style sectarian conflict. The IBTimes presents an analysis of the various arguments on either side.

The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, defended the role of the British intelligent operations praising the “incredible abilities” of agents and intelligent officers that worked for the secret services at MI5 and MI6.

The case of an Egyptian blogger, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, who published a series of naked pictures on Twitter in a protest against Islamism is emblematic of the radical changes undergoing in the Arab world.

Despite the NTC's efforts to focus on the reconstruction of Libya after months of civil war, reports of violence and armed insurgencies continue to raise fears about the country's future and regional stability.

The Associated Press reports that at least 50 people have been killed in the latest surge of violence in the Assad regime's crackdown on protesters.

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