Friday
May272011
Egypt, Yemen, Syria, & Beyond LiveBlog: Challenging the Regimes
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 11:23 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
Tahrir Square in Cairo today. See our separate video entry, "Syria Video Special: Friday Protests"
1536 GMT: Security forces attempted to break up protests in Banias, Syria, and protesters respond by throwing stones.
1530 GMT: Besides the armed conflict (and truce) between Saleh and Yemen's largest tribe (noted below), and beyond the massive protests in Sana'a (noted below), there were also large protests elsewhere in Yemen. This video shows protesters in Taiz's Freedom Square chanting "The people want to prosecute the butcher."