Libya in Crisis: CBC reports from the region

In late February, fighting broke out across Libya between pro-democracy protesters calling for the resignation of Col. Moammar Gadhafi and pro-government forces loyal to the longtime leader.

For several weeks, this live blog tracked developments and updates on the situation. A team of veteran CBC journalists, including Adrienne Arsenault, Nahlah Ayed, and Anthony Germain, used the blog to relay eyewitness accounts, personal stories and photos. You can revisit their coverage in the blog widget.

Some highlights include:

Friday, Feb. 25 (Page 1): Adrienne Arsenault visited a transit camp for people fleeing Libya near the Tunisian-Libyan border. Her series of photos shows thousands of people clamoring for food, water and safety.

Friday, March. 4 (Page 3): CBCNews.ca Community producer Lee Ferguson had a chance to speak, via telephone, with Dr. Omar Bengezi, a Canadian surgeon who travelled to Benghazi to offer his medical assistance during the unrest. He provided a stirring account of the devastation he had seen:

"I went to Al Jala hospital," Bengezi said. "They told me there was nothing for me to do because all the bodies were dead, and so I went and they said they needed me at the Benghazi Central hospital. So I went there too, and unfortunately there was only one case surviving, someone with a superficial laceration of the face. The other 10 were just shattered, dead bodies. There was nothing you could do, nothing. The living are just minor injuries, but most of the people who came to the hospital are dead. Shattered bodies."

Monday, March. 7 (Page 4): Correspondent Anthony Germain visited a hospital in Benghazi where rebel fighters were recovering from clashes with pro-government forces. He sent this photo to our blog.

Monday, March. 14 (Page 5): Nahlah Ayed sent this photo of burned-out trucks in Benghazi via Yfrog. Her frequent tweets helped relay the latest developments from on the ground in Libya.

Meanwhile, Adrienne Arsenault was taken to see "horrifically battered Zawiya," a town near Tripoli. Government forces had recaptured the rebel-held town just days before.

"Obscene display of bravado from Gaddafi forces," she tweeted. "An ominous msg to rebels in east of #libya."

Thursday, March. 17 (Page 5): The United Nations Security Council gathered to vote on whether to impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
 
CBCNews.ca provided a live stream of the vote as it happened.

The vote was 10-0 in favour of the measure, with five abstentions, including Russia and China.

Following the news, the "crowd in Benghazi goes wild, fireworks, gunfire," tweeted Nahlah Ayed.