NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Thursday welcomed the adoption of the UNSC resolution for the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons. Rasmussen called for an international conference to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis. “This is a huge step forward,” he told his monthly press conference at NATO …

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been freed from captivity, according to the country’s Foreign Ministry. Zeidan was kidnapped earlier on Thursday by armed rebels in Tripoli. Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelazis confirmed Zeidan’s release.

A group of former rebels in Libya said Thursday it had “arrested” Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, after he was seized by gunmen from a Tripoli hotel in a dawn raid. The Operations Cell of Revolutionaries, which in principle reports to the defence and interior ministries, said on Facebook it had seized Zeidan “on the prosecutor’s …