BY ADAM FALK 

ANCHOR ANA COMPAIN-ROMERO

Algeria’s state news agency is reporting outsted Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s wife and three of his children fled to Algeria Monday morning. This is the first news on any of the Gaddafis since rebel forces stormed his fortress in Tripoli a week ago.

Mourad Benmehidi, the Algerian ambassador to the United Nations, told CNN the family was granted entrance on “humanitarian grounds.” Algeria remains Libya’s only neighbor who has not recognized the Transitional National Council. The Washington Post reports...
(euronews)

“Throughout the uprising, Algeria has been accused of providing Gaddafi with mercenaries to fight against the rebel forces. Two days ago, Algeria strongly denied reports that Gaddafi and his sons might have entered the country on Friday in six armored Mercedes sedans.”

Although there is still no word on the location of Gaddafi himself, Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught is reporting on the developments out of Tripoli.

MCNAUGHT: "There have been rumours over the last few days that said the family members had gone and that Gaddafi himself may have gone. … This was denied by Algerian authorities some days ago. But there is no smoke without fire. We don't know where Gaddafi himself is, but we know these family members are in Algeria.”

The rebel government in Tripoli isn’t taking the news lightly -- calling it an “act of aggression,” according to NPR. And NATO, which will continue its mission in Libya, sees the move as a clear sign of weakness.

The head of NATO’s Joint Operations Command told The New York Times...

“We believe the Qaddafi regime is near collapse, and we’re committed to seeing the operation through to its conclusion… Pockets of pro-Qaddafi forces are being reduced day by day… The regime no longer has the capacity to mount a decisive operation.”

Finally, the Times notes another symbolic transition: Libyan state television has begun rebroadcasting -- this time, under control of the rebels.

Transcript by Newsy.