Syrian forces have bombarded districts of Homs and struck other cities after Arab states pledged support for the opposition battling Bashar al-Assad.
Frustrated with the Arab League’s lack of progress, the head of the Free Syrian Army has threatened to step up attacks on Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
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/ 31 December 2011
Syrian security forces have killed more protesters as hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Arab peace monitors will visit the Syrian city of Homs, which opponents of President Bashar al-Assad say has been pulverised by government troops.
Fierce fighting has continued in Syria shortly before officials arrive to prepare for an Arab League effort to end nine months of bloodshed.
Anwar al-Awlaki, a US-born cleric linked to al-Qaeda and implicated in attacks on the United States, has been killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen.
Yemeni President Abdullah Ali Saleh has called for early elections in his first speech since returning to Yemen.
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/ 20 September 2011
Rockets hit a protest camp in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, killing at least two people on Tuesday, witnesses said.
Soldiers opposed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh exchanged heavy fire with government troops in the centre of Sanaa as 28 people were killed.
A possible US shift calling for Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to be eased out may signal that his days in office are numbered.