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Jul022011
Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Has the Assad Regime "Lost" Hama?
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 13:38 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
Security forces use tear gas against protesters trying to march from Sanabis to Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain
1950 GMT: Developments in Jordan, as King Abdullah II approved a Cabinet shuffle after thousands of protesters rallied in Irbid, Maan, Karak, Tafileh, and the capital Amman, demanding transparency and an end to corruption.
The Minister of Interior, Saad Hayel Srour, was the biggest casualty of the shuffle. He is blamed for the use of excessive force by police against demonstrators and for allowing a wealthy businessman, serving a prison term for corruption, to leave the country for supposed medical treatment.
The Ministers of Health, Justice, and Information were also replaced.