Assad, Gaddafi hold talks in Libya

The Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has held talks with President Bashar Al-Assad during the Syrian leader's first trip to Libya since succeeding his father last year.

Libyan radio said the two men discussed the situation in the Arab world and the Palestinian uprising.

It said President Assad also expressed support for Libya in opposing the United Nations sanctions imposed on it after the Lockerbie bombing in 1988.

Mr Assad has now flown back to Damascus, where he's expected to meet the United States secretary of state, Colin Powell, tomorrow Monday.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service