A U.S. Air Force veteran held captive for six weeks by the Libyan military amid allegations that he was a hired mercenary was freed by the U.S. government on Tuesday, the Washington Post first ...

Rome's decision to release Osama Almasri Najim drew condemnation from Italian opposition parties, NGOs and the ICC.

The US chief of staff for the mission in Libya has insisted there ... Earlier, British Air Vice Marshal Greg Bagwell said Col Gaddafi's air force "no longer exists as a fighting force".

Two days later, he was released and flown back to Tripoli on an Italian air force ... decision to free Mr Najim may have been influenced by its political and business ties with Libya.