Syria, Libya (and Beyond) Liveblog: Cracks in the Regime
Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 13:21 | James Miller in EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 2003 GMT: We have posted a separate video entry, Syria Video Special: A Protest Movement Renewed.
1927 GMT: There have been massive protests in Maree (Aleppo), Idlib City, Homs, Daraa, Douma (Damascus), Ugarit, and other locations across Syria. We will post a video special in short order, but once again large scale protests have covered many areas of the country today.
1921 GMT: A large protest at another funeral in Maree, 35 km north of Aleppo:
1914 GMT: We've received two videos from activists in Al Hoole, Homs. This first is fairly standard, a large armored anti-aircraft machine gun, a dangerous anti-personnel weapon, positioned in a residential neighborhood. The second video, however, appears to show snipers building defenses on rooftops in the same neighborhood.
1907 GMT: Amnesty International has released new accusations of human rights abuses leveled against followers of Muammar Qaddafi: