Security forces fire at protesters
Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters in several parts of the country yesterday, killing at least eight people and wounding scores, while masked gunmen burst into an apartment in the predominantly Kurdish northeast and shot dead one of Syria's most prominent opposition figures.
Yemeni police have opened fire on protesters in the capital, Sanaa, wounding at least 65 people demonstrating for an end to president Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year-old rule, hospital sources said.