Syria, Palestine, Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: The Arab Spring Intersects with Nakba Day

2120 GMT: James Miller posted a video earlier depicting Baath Party members running out of a building as protesters attacked it. He has been contacted by the author of the video. The video was taken on Friday, May 13th, in Jisr Alshugour, in Idleb province, northern Syria. The building is the official headquarters of the Bath Party in the region (see video at 1730 GMT).

2000 GMT: Egypt's former First Lady Suzanne Mubarak has told prosecutors that she will turn over $3 million to the country, claiming this is all she has.

The wife of deposed President Hosni Mubarak was questioned last week over corruption charges before being hospitalised with a heart condition.

1945 GMT: Claimed footage of a Syrian armoured vehicle outside the Omari Mosque in the southern town of Daraa:

1930 GMT: Syrian soldiers repeatedly punch and kick two men:

1825 GMT: NATO claims its naval craft found explosives and mannequins on a small boat near the Libyan port of Misurata today, suggesting this was a plan by regime forces to lure in ships and destroy them.

A NATO statement said the boat was abandoned when coalition forces approached to check two rigid-hull inflatable boats. The other craft escaped at high speed.

A NATO ship destroyed the boat with gunfire, producing a explosion seen 12 nautical miles away.

1805 GMT: More on the claim of a mass grave outside the southern Syrian city of Daraa (see 1521 GMT)....

EA gets a note from activists, who claim that the grave contained the remains of 40 people including women and children, killed by the 4th Division of the Army, led by Maher Al-Assad.

Five of the victims are reportedly from the same family.

Claimed footage has been posted, including a graphic video of the body of a man with his hands tied behind his back.

1730 GMT: This video depicts Baathists fleeing a building as protesters pour into the front door and set fires. Unfortunately, while the account that uploaded the video has been very reliable, we have no knowledge of when/where/what building is shown in this video. It was uploaded today, but perhaps taken earlier.

[UPDATE: The video was taken on Friday, May 13th, in Jisr Alshugour, inIdleb province, northern Syria. The building is the official headquarters of the Bath Party in the region.]

1720 GMT: Dissected News has posted a powerful interview of Eman al-Obeidi, the young woman who was imprisoned after telling reporters that she was raped by the Gaddafi regime in Libya.

1537 GMT: At least 15 tanks, and many soldiers, have been deployed near the Syrian-Lebanon border near Arida after violence in the border regions yesterday. Also, Al Jazeera is reporting that at least one person has been killed in Talkalakh, shot by a sniper's bullet. Snipers are reportedly taken positions on the roof of the hospital, and tanks and heavy gunfire have been seen firing into the city from the outskirts. 

1527 GMT: Syria is not the only country reporting mass graves. The Yemen Rights Monitor is reporting that mass graves have been discovered there as well. According to the report, the Hood Human Rights Organization has receieved documentation about bodies, chopped up and placed in trash bags, buried near Beit Boos and Sanaa. 

These claims have yet to be confirmed by international media or organizations. 

1521 GMT: In Syria, a human rights organization is reporting that a mass grave, filled with the bodies of anti-government protesters, has been discovered near Daraa, where the protests began. 

1514 GMT: Hundreds of Israeli police and military have fanned out to conduct house-to-house searches for Syrian refugees who crossed the border yesterday into the Golan Heights. The Israeli Defense Ministry also extended a 24-hour lockdown of Palestinian territory. 

James Miller takes the helm.

1205 GMT: The words of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo as he brought charge against the Libya regime, "Qaddafi's forces prepare lists with names of alleged dissidents. They are being arrested, put into prisons in Tripoli, tortured and made to disappear. These are not just crimes against Libyans, they are crimes against humanity as a whole."

1150 GMT: Dozens of Syrians who fled violence in their villages have gathered in northern Lebanon, at the illegal al-Boqayah border crossing with Syria, to demand the fall of the Assad regime: "We don't love you, Bashar," and "Tal Kalakh [where seven people died this weekend], have no fear, we are with you."

Most of those present were from the Syrian towns of Talkalakh and Arida, located close to the border, from which hundreds of Syrians have left for Wadi Khalid in Lebanon. Residents of Tal Kalakh described the situation in the town as "catastrophic".

Meanwhile, sounds of intermittent gunfire could be heard from the direction of the Syrian border. The Lebanese army at Wadi Khaled has been fortifying its positions with bulldozers and barbed wire.

1130 GMT: The detention of Egypt's former Minister of Interior Habib El Adly has been extended for 15 days, as he is questioned over charges of profiteering and abuse of authority.

1125 GMT: The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has accused the Libyan regime of crimes against humanity.

Ocampo claimed activists are being arrested and tortured and said Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had committed the crimes with the goal of preserving his absolute authority.

Qaddafi's son Saif Al Islam Qaddafi and Qaddafi advisor Abdullah Senussi were also named by Moreno-Ocampo.

1115 GMT: Yemen's Marib Press has appealed for the release of its reporter, Ahmed Musibli, detained on Saturday as he filmed protests in the capital Sanaa.

1110 GMT: The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights circulates a copy of a "Loyalty Pledge" which is being required of all students at the University of Bahrain: "My full allegiance is for the leadership of the Kingdom of Bahrain represented in His Majesty The King Hamad Bin Essa Al Khalifa, the King of the country may God guard and bless him and the wise government."

The document continues: "I acknowledge that not signing this document means I do not wish to continue my education in the University of Bahrain, and whereas if I do sign, I fully understand that if I committed any action that contradicts with any of the provisions of this document, the administration of the University of Bahrain will have the right to take any proceedings it sees suitable against me in terms of decrees and punishments that may reach a maximum of final and immediate suspension from the University of Bahrain."

0717 GMT: A demonstration in the northwestern Syrian town of Idlib last night:

0715 GMT: Activists of the Local Coordination Committees have repeated the opposition's rejection of the Syrian regime's offer of "national dialogue":

The peaceful demonstrations and civic disobedience will continue...It is morally and politically unacceptable to have national dialogue before stopping all forms of killings and violence against peaceful protesters...lifting the siege on cities and releasing all political prisoners.

0710 GMT: Footage, uploaded on Sunday, of Syrian military units in the coastal town of Baniyas.

The Assad regime claimed on Friday that it had withdrawn its forces after an occupation prompted by protests and "armed groups".

0640 GMT: Demonstrators in front of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo last night (hat tip to 3arabawy):

0610 GMT: A picture of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Syria moving into the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel, on Nakba Day:

Photo: AFP/Getty

0555 GMT: Video of Egyptian protesters being arrested in front of the Israel Embassy in Cairo last night:

There is also LiveStream footage of the clashes.

0545 GMT: A BBC Arabic video offers a different perspective on the clashes on the Syria-Lebanon border at Tal Kalakh --- a "captured" soldier says troops were seized by protesters, and one was killed.

0510 GMT: The protests of the Arab Spring and the demonstrations against Israeli occupation of Palestine intersected on Sunday.

In Syria, the day began with news of regime forces killing at least eight people in the border village of Tal Kalakh, sending hundreds fleeing into Lebanon. This was soon accompanied, however, by another border clash. In a demonstration for "Nakba Day", marking the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from their lands, hundreds who attempted to cross into a village in the Golan Heights, under Israeli control. were met by gunfire from the Israel Defense Forces. Four people were reportedly killed.

The Nakba Day confrontations took in other areas that had not been as affected by uprisings against regimes. At least ten people were reportedly slain by the Israeli military on the Lebanese border, and scores were wounded on the Gaza front.

In Egypt, demonstrators in front of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo were met by tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets last night. There were claims that one protester had died from a gunshot to the head. More than 120 were wounded, and at least 20 people were arrested.

Al Jazeera English reports: