Saturday
Oct152011
Syria, Bahrain (and Beyond) LiveBlog: The Crackdown Expands
Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 7:45 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
1811 GMT: The claim made in the title of the video: "Syrian actor Jalal Al Taweel leads protest during martyr Ibrahim Shayban's funeral." Ibrahim Shayban was a 10-year old boy who was reportedly killed yesterday in Midan, Damascus.
1745 GMT: Claimed footage of Bahraini police beating a protester in Nuwaidrat after arresting him on Friday:
1735 GMT: Footage of the clashes in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, in which at least 12 protesters were killed by regime forces:
tagged Bahrain, Syria, Tariq Noman, Yemen