Friday
May202011
Syria, Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Back to Business After Obama
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 16:44 | Scott Lucas in Africa, EA Global, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
2105 GMT: Protestors in the far eastern town of Albou Kamal, on Syria's border with Iraq, have reportedly have set fire to offices of the ruling Baath Party.
A tribal leader said, "People want to overthrow the regime. There can be no dialogue with tanks and soldiers, no dialogue with security men who kill, arrest and smash the homes of civilians. We want democracy and freedom. We want to feel we are real citizens, not numbers."