Syria and Yemen Video Special: The Protests of Defiance
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 20:52
Scott Lucas in EA Middle East and Turkey

Wednesday night's protest in Homs in Syria:

Protesters in Homs on Wednesday shout "Rise oh bird, rise (freedom) Bye, bye O Bashar...sweet dreams. Leave":

University students in Aleppo challenge the regime with "God is Great":

Protesters in Maarrat an Numan, Syria, chant slogans in favour of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has warned Syrian President Assad not to use force against the uprising:

More anti-Assad chanting in the market of Homs, where a general strike kept many storefronts closed:

The effect of today's strike in Homs in Syria:

Today in Zawadani in southwestern Syria:

Claimed footage of a sit-in protest on Tuesday in Daal, 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of Daraa in southern Syria:

Young protesters demonstrate against the al-Assad regime in Qamishli, in northeastern Syria:

Two clips of anti-regime protests on Tuesday night in Rastan, north of Damascus, with chants of "Allahu Akhbar" (God is Great):

Large crowds of anti-regime protesters demonstrate despite large military presence in Taiz, Yemen:

A march supporting President Saleh in Yemen on Tuesday:

 

Claimed footage of women marching in Taiz in Yemen on Tuesday, chanting, "The People and the Army Are One":

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