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Friday, June 10, 2011 8:54:36 PM
Syria, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates
• Syria: Violent crackdown begins in Jisr al-Shughour
• Libya: Pro-Gaddafi forces attack Misrata area
• Israel: Diplomatic campaign against Palestinian state
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Syrian refugees in a camp in Hatay, Turkey, today. Photograph:
Aykut Ulupinar/Anatolian Agency/EPA
Live blog: recap
5.00pm: Here is an evening summary:
• Libya: Pro-Gaddafi forces have launched a fierce attack on the area around Misrata, western Libya, inflicting heavy rebel casualties, and killing up to 22 people (see 12.48pm). Norway has announced it will withdraw from the Nato operation against Gaddafi by 1 August (see 3.12pm).
• Syria: Government forces seem to have begun their attack on Jisr al-Shughour, in north-western Syria near the Turkish border (see 12.13pm). There have been accusations of Iranian involvement in the Syrian attack (see 2.18pm). There has been a large rally in Damascus, where three protesters have reportedly been killed (see 3.19pm). Two protesters have reportedly been shot dead in Busra al-Harir, while scores were injured when troops fired on demonstrators in Deraa (see 12.46pm). Syria's ally, the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has condemned Damascus's crackdown on protesters as "inhumane" (see 11.21am). Robert Gates, the outgoing US defence secretary, has accused Assad of slaughtering innocent civilians (see 2.48pm).
• Israel: Diplomats have been told to do everything they can to prevent the UN recognising Palestine as an independent state in September (see 12pm and 2.46pm).
4.58pm: Another vast anti-government demonstration took place in the Yemeni capital Sana'a today, according to this footage. Significantly the film appears to have been taken with the apparent permission of a soldier standing by surveying the scene from his machine-gun turret.
AP said nearly 100,000 people took part in the demonstration. The video suggests more were involved. .. much more ..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/jun/10/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0EXmJCSzQM&feature=player_embedded
• Syria: Violent crackdown begins in Jisr al-Shughour
• Libya: Pro-Gaddafi forces attack Misrata area
• Israel: Diplomatic campaign against Palestinian state
Comments (164)
Syrian refugees in a camp in Hatay, Turkey, today. Photograph:
Aykut Ulupinar/Anatolian Agency/EPA
Live blog: recap
5.00pm: Here is an evening summary:
• Libya: Pro-Gaddafi forces have launched a fierce attack on the area around Misrata, western Libya, inflicting heavy rebel casualties, and killing up to 22 people (see 12.48pm). Norway has announced it will withdraw from the Nato operation against Gaddafi by 1 August (see 3.12pm).
• Syria: Government forces seem to have begun their attack on Jisr al-Shughour, in north-western Syria near the Turkish border (see 12.13pm). There have been accusations of Iranian involvement in the Syrian attack (see 2.18pm). There has been a large rally in Damascus, where three protesters have reportedly been killed (see 3.19pm). Two protesters have reportedly been shot dead in Busra al-Harir, while scores were injured when troops fired on demonstrators in Deraa (see 12.46pm). Syria's ally, the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has condemned Damascus's crackdown on protesters as "inhumane" (see 11.21am). Robert Gates, the outgoing US defence secretary, has accused Assad of slaughtering innocent civilians (see 2.48pm).
• Israel: Diplomats have been told to do everything they can to prevent the UN recognising Palestine as an independent state in September (see 12pm and 2.46pm).
4.58pm: Another vast anti-government demonstration took place in the Yemeni capital Sana'a today, according to this footage. Significantly the film appears to have been taken with the apparent permission of a soldier standing by surveying the scene from his machine-gun turret.
AP said nearly 100,000 people took part in the demonstration. The video suggests more were involved. .. much more ..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/jun/10/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0EXmJCSzQM&feature=player_embedded
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