Tensions are running high at the airport as thousands of people try to flee the country.
While foreign governments and oil companies are attempting to organise evacuations, there are many frustrated people who have been left to fend for themselves.
Gaddafi’s collapsing regime continued to attack its own civilians, in a desperate rearguard action against the protests sweeping the country. The dictator last night sent elite troops into battle in Tripoli, his capital.
