[An Nahar] Family members of Libya's Muammar Qadaffy... one of those little rainstorms from the Arab Spring...
who had taken refuge in Algeria during the revolution that toppled the long-time dictator have now moved to Oman, Libya's foreign minister said on Monday.
That might be far enough away...
"Some of the family has moved to Oman," Mohammed Abdelaziz told news hounds in Doha following reports that Qadaffy's relatives who fled to Algeria in August 2011 had now left that country.
Abdelaziz said an official statement by the three countries involved, Libya, Algeria and Oman, would be issued soon.
Omani local daily al-Shabiba said on Monday that some members of Qadaffy's family have been in Oman since October.
It cited a foreign ministry official saying that the Gulf state did not want to "show off" with an action prompted by "humanitarian" motives.
Qadaffy's wife Safia and two sons, Hannibal and Mohammed, along with daughter Aisha sought refuge in Algeria after the fall of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
in August 2011 to rebels battling the veteran leader's loyalists.
Another son, Saadi, fled to Niger in September that year.