• Libyan militias given deadline to leave barracks
• Militia arrests protesters and claims it has Tripoli's backing
• Hundreds of foreign fighters flock to Syria
Matthew Weaver
guardian.co.uk, Monday 24 September 2012 16.59 BST
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Head of Libya's national congress Mohammed Magarief said state security forces had agreed to form a "security operation room" which would work to secure Benghazi by dissolving militias not under the control of the government. Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
16:41 BST Summary
Here's a summary of the day's events.
Libya
• At least one Islamist militia group in Benghazi is resisting attempts to have it disbanded. The Rafallah al-Sahati brigade is reported to have 'arrested' several protesters who took part in Friday's rally that drove other militias from the city. An arrest warrant has been issued against Naji Hammad, a police officer who helped organise the Rescue Benghazi protest.
• An anti-militia protest is expected to take place at 4pm to demand an investigation into the deaths of 11 people in Friday's protests.The protest is likely to further expose divisions between Benghazi, which wants to see a complete ban on militia groups, and the Tripoli government, which wants to continue to use authorised militia to maintain law and order.
• The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi is reported to have been a major setback to US intelligence gathering in Libya. Meanwhile, there are rumours that the attacks were a response to a CIA operation against the Ansar al-Sharia militia.
• The Libyan authorities have given armed groups two days to vacate military bases and compounds as they seek to capitalise on the wave of people power that drove an Islamist militia from Benghazi at the weekend. Jihadist militias in Derna, Libya's Islamist stronghold, threw in the towel on Sunday, withdrawing from their stronghold and announcing they were disbanding to avoid a repeat of the scenes in Benghazi in which angry crowds sent armed gunmen fleeing.
• The military police have assumed responsibility for the security of Benghazi’s Jalaa hospital following the disbanding of the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia brigade, which previously guarded the premises, the Libya Herald reports. The brigade, which denies widespread suspicion of being behind the deadly attacks on the US consulate, was driven from its compound in Benghazi on Friday night by protesters demanding an end to militia rule.
Syria
• Hundreds of international fighters have flocked to Syria to join the war against Bashar al-Assad's government, writes Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Aleppo. They told him how easy it was to walk into Syria via Turkey.
• In an audio account Ghaith described the fighting he witnessed in Aleppo as the worst he has ever seen in almost 10 years as a war reporter. He also said human rights abuses by rebels were common.
• Syrian warplanes bombed two buildings on Monday in the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least five people including three children from the same family, according to activists. Video showed residents searching the rubble of homes purportedly destroyed in the raid.
• Free Syrian Army commanders hope that transferring their leadership to Syrian territory from exile in Turkey will make the rebel force more effective, but the challenge of unifying the disparate fighters is as great as ever, Reuters reports. The move is symbolically important, reflecting the greater confidence of the FSA leadership and highlighting Assad's loss of control over large areas of Aleppo and Idlib province. Rebels on the frontline in Aleppo were cynical about the move, according to Lebanon's Daily Star.
• Expect lots of talk about Syria but no action at this week's UN general assembly debate, according to the New York Times. “Everybody will think of Syria, everybody will speak of Syria, especially in the speeches to the general assembly, but I don’t see anything substantial on Syria coming out of the meetings,” said one veteran western diplomat.
• The officially approved opposition held a rare meeting in Damascus on Sunday and called for the "toppling of the regime", CNN reports. It notes that the state-run news agency Sana acknowledged the meeting, but did not mention calls for President Assad to go and focused instead on heated discussions and claims that some participants felt the forum was divisive.
Updated at 16:59 BST
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/sep/24/libya-takes-on-militia-live
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