Report: Qaddafi's Wife & Daughter Fled to Tunisia

Safiya Gaddafi and her daughter Aisha crossed into Tunisia "a few days ago" with a Libyan delegation, according to Tunisian security sources.

Dozens of high-ranking Gaddafi officials, including ministers and ambassadors, have left the country or abandoned the regime since the uprising began, including the interior minister, Abdel-Fatah Younes al-Obeidi, Ali Abdussalam el-Treki, a former foreign minister and a former United Nations ambassador who had worked closely with Col Gaddafi for decades, and his former justice minister, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, who is now the head of the rebel Transitional National Council.

The pair are currently at a refugee centre on the island of Djerba. The departure, if confirmed, would be a major blow to Col Gaddafi's embattled regime, already rocked by the apparent defection of the key oil minister, Shukri Ghanem, on Tuesday.