Qatar jet joins no-fly mission

Tiny Qatar became the first Arab country to fly combat missions over Libya today after Nato agreed to take command of the no-fly zone part of air operations against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.

French and British jets struck Libyan military targets around a besieged eastern city, as talks in the Ethiopian capital to find a way out of the crisis produced a Libyan government statement saying they were ready to implement an unspecified “road map” in Libya.