The meeting lasted an hour and 40 minutes in one of several houses the Palestinian leader uses as interim offices in the Tunisian capital.

But the Tunisian capital of Tunis wasn't quite like that.

The official P.L.O. offices were moved from Beirut to Tunis, the Tunisian capital, to be alongside the headquarters of the 21-nation Arab League.

Informed sources said Hawa was released on Wednesday after a five-day detention but Palestinian sources later said he was still being held in the Tunisian capital.

Force 17 is attached to the P.L.O. headquarters in Tunis, the Tunisian capital, and has a branch in Ain Khilwe.

In recent days, a British junior minister, William Waldegrave, and an official Dutch delegation have flown to the Tunisian capital to meet with P.L.O. officials.

On 6 February 2013, he was fatally shot outside his house in El Menzah, close to the Tunisian capital, Tunis.

All 21 member countries of the Arab League were represented at an emergency meeting convened here in the Tunisian capital, where the organization has its headquarters.

Abdel-Elah al-Khatib, Jordan's former foreign minister, arrived in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, yesterday and met representatives of both Col Gaddafi and the rebels.

Mr. Khalid was arrested after arriving on a flight from Tunis, the Tunisian capital, with a forged Jordanian passport, the authorities said.