There were
chaotic
scenes when Mustafa Abdul Jalil emerged from the aircraft that had brought him from Benghazi. Crowds of people surged forward, trying to get close to him. Soldiers struggled to maintain order. Mr Jalil's arrival in Tripoli was long
overdue
. He'd been expected here almost as soon as the city fell nearly three weeks ago. One man at the airport said people wanted to express their gratitude to him for what he'd done for Libya since the uprising against Colonel Gaddafi began in February.Peter Biles in Tripoli
The Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, says he's agreed a series of measures with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria aimed at ending months of conflict there. At least six people are reported to have been killed in the latest anti-government demonstrations. From Beirut, Owen Bennett-Jones has this report.
Mr al-Arabi said the reform package he discussed in Damascus will now be put to the council of the Arab League on Monday. He hasn't given many details away, but before he went, there were newspaper reports suggesting that the Arab League wanted a three-year timetable for a transition to multi-party government. And speaking on his return from Damascus, Mr al-Arabi did say he'd urged the Syrian president to
speed up
reform plans through a timetable that will make every Syrian citizen feel he's moved onto a new stage. That was Owen Bennett-Jones reporting from Beirut.