Libyan Embassy in Syria Sides with Revolution

The Libyan embassy in Damascus on Monday declared that it was siding with the rebel body the National Transitional Council, whose fighters have swept into Tripoli and are poised to overrun the capital.

"We, the ambassadors and members of the Libyan embassy in Damascus, announce our total support for the revolution of February 17 and declare our formal adherence to the National Transitional Council," it said in a statement.

"What is happening now in Libya is rewriting of history through a revolution led by the sacrifice of young Libyans," the statement said, adding that "history will not forgive those who will not participate" in this revolution.

The statement further said that the embassy was "committed to serve the Libyan people without exception and to faithfully serve its interests."

Syria itself is torn by a bloody uprising and Britain on Monday compared it with Libya, in a warning that President Bashar al-Assad could soon face the same fate as Gadhafi.

Heavy fighting was raging in many parts of Tripoli on Monday, including outside veteran Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's compound, after rebels swept through large swathes of the capital during the night.

The whereabouts of Gadhafi himself were unknown Monday but one of his sons, Seif al-Islam had been arrested while another, Mohammed Gadhafi was interviewed by Al-Jazeera television cowering in his house, afraid to leave.