Libya, Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: The State of the Uprisings
Friday, August 26, 2011 at 14:12 | Ali Yenidunya in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 2118 GMT: The LCCS is reporting that live ammunition and tear gas has been fired at protests in Douma, Damascus, in front of the Al Watani hospital. Also, a reliable activist in Syria who uses the pseudonym "Alexander Page" has an unconfirmed report that security forces are using ambulances to drive into protests in Qatana, Damascus, and they are shooting at the protesters from the back of the vehicles. Many activists are reporting that protesters are being arrested and harassed in and around Damascus tonight.
2110 GMT: Protests after Taraweeh prayers tonight, Zabadani, Damascus, Syria:
2103 GMT: Activists are reporting the presence of 30,000 protesters on the streets of Homs. We can't verify that number, but what we do know is that the amount of video coming from the city, like this one, from different sources and from different areas, suggests that in Homs, and around Damascus, the crowds tonight are very large:
2050 GMT: A very large anti-government demonstration in an important suburb of Damascus, Harasta, earlier today: