Yemen's regime weakens, Syrian protests spread

As anti-regime protests spread to new Syrian cities on Friday and coalition forces continued to bomb Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s military apparatus, Yemen's embattled president said he was ready to cede power into "safe hands".

By News Wires (text)

To see our minute-by-minute coverage of Friday’s events, scroll to FRANCE 24's blog at the bottom of the page.

• SYRIA - Protests spread to more Syrian cities on Friday, challenging the 40-year rule of the Assad family after their forces killed dozens of demonstrators in the south.

• JORDAN - Protesters demanding reforms clashed with government supporters in the centre of Jordan's capital, pelting each other with stones until security forces charged in and beat protesters. The clashes, in which more than 100 were injured, were the most violent in more than two months of protests.

• YEMEN - President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday that he was ready to cede power to stop more bloodshed, but only into what he called "safe hands" as tens of thousands rallied against him in "Day of Departure" protests.

• LIBYA - Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi's tanks and artillery in eastern Libya again on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take the strategic town of Ajdabiyah.

Our live coverage of Friday's events:

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Date created : 25/03/2011

Comments (5)

democracy

by teresa (not verified) - 27/03/2011 - 14:07

ALL COUNTRY'S MUST CHANGE NOW AND HAVE DEMOCRACY AND A WELFARE STATE WHERE THE POOR ARE HELPED INSTEAD OF LEADERS TAKING ALL THE REVENUE FOR THEMSELVES

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dont lie

by yamen (not verified) - 27/03/2011 - 09:39

do you know who is doing the unrest ? They are the radical and if they will get there goal, they will slaughter who is against them in Syria or out > and then it’s your time to slaughter you, This democracy is conspiracy to reach their goal,Today in at lattakia city they are slaughtering the walking people in the street, they slaughter my neighbor!!!???

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Bad Nations in the UN

by Emmanuel Yeboah (not verified) - 25/03/2011 - 19:34

The time has come for the united nation to learn a lesson,Some countries need to be exclud when it comes to decision making,the whole world is looking at Moman Khadafi sucking the blood of hes own people,Yet some countries like Russia and china deny that simply because their not democratic and believed in commmunism,or dictatorship,what is white,they says is black,And black is red,Democracy is the freedom for mankind