Wife of Gaddafi and three children make move to Algeria

Foreign ministry confirms wife Safia, daughter Aisha, and sons Mohammed and Hannibal have crossed to Algeria Muammar Gaddafi’s wife, two of his sons and a daughter arrived in Algeria on Monday morning, the Algerian foreign ministry has confirmed. Al-Jazeera has established that sons Mohammed and Hannibal are now under Algerian protection, along with his wife, Safia and daughter Aisha, both of whom Gaddafi had sent to Belarus in May. The whereabouts of Gaddafi’s other sons, Saif al-Islam, Mutassim, Khasim, and Saadi remain unknown, along with his second daughter Hannah, who was thought to have been killed in a US air strike in 1986, but was last week found to be working in a Tripoli hospital. The director of the Sharwa Zarwa hospital, in the centre of the capital, told the Guardian that Hannah Gaddafi had ordered staff not to treat wounded rebels during the past six months. “She also stayed here sometimes during the night,” said Dr Ghassem Barouni. Gaddafi’s other son, Saif al-Arab, is thought to have been killed by a Nato strike in April. However, the reappearance of his second daughter after 25 years has left some members of the Transitional National Council sceptical of the claim. Libya’s new governing authority says it has no credible information about Gaddafi’s whereabouts. Several of his sons are thought to still be in Tripoli. Muammar Gaddafi Libya Algeria Arab and Middle East unrest Middle East Africa Martin Chulov guardian.co.uk

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