Fiery protests continue across the Middle East

Dawn.com Published March 26, 2011
Yemeni protesters demonstrate against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on March 25, 2011, as the embattled leader pledged in a speech to hand over power but only to "safe hands". ? Photo by AFP
Yemeni protesters demonstrate against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa on March 25, 2011, as the embattled leader pledged in a speech to hand over power but only to "safe hands". ? Photo by AFP
Anti-Syrian government protesters, shout slogans as they protest after Friday prayers at Omayyad mosque, in Damascus, Syria, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. ? Photo by AP
Anti-Syrian government protesters, shout slogans as they protest after Friday prayers at Omayyad mosque, in Damascus, Syria, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. ? Photo by AP
Jordanian protesters shout slogans and wave national flags during a demonstration in Amman, Jordan, March 24, 2011. Hundreds of Jordanians, mostly university students or unemployed graduates unaffiliated with any political party, set up a protest camp in a main square in the capital on Thursday to press demands for the ouster of the prime minister and wider public freedoms. ? Photo by AP
Jordanian protesters shout slogans and wave national flags during a demonstration in Amman, Jordan, March 24, 2011. Hundreds of Jordanians, mostly university students or unemployed graduates unaffiliated with any political party, set up a protest camp in a main square in the capital on Thursday to press demands for the ouster of the prime minister and wider public freedoms. ? Photo by AP
An anti-government protester stands in front of a wall with a picture of Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in the western Shia Muslim village of Karzakan, Bahrain, March 25, 2011. Opponents of the regime, most of them Shia, attempted coordinated large-scale protests Friday, but government forces were prepared with checkpoints around most villages and a heavy police and tank presence. Fighter jets were heard flying over villages. ? Photo by AP
An anti-government protester stands in front of a wall with a picture of Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in the western Shia Muslim village of Karzakan, Bahrain, March 25, 2011. Opponents of the regime, most of them Shia, attempted coordinated large-scale protests Friday, but government forces were prepared with checkpoints around most villages and a heavy police and tank presence. Fighter jets were heard flying over villages. ? Photo by AP
A Libyan man waves an old Libyan flag on March 25, 2011 near the eastern town of Ajdabiya which has been the theatre of fierce fighting for more than a week. ? Photo by AFP
A Libyan man waves an old Libyan flag on March 25, 2011 near the eastern town of Ajdabiya which has been the theatre of fierce fighting for more than a week. ? Photo by AFP
A Yemeni army officer, centre, shouts slogans along with anti-government protestor during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 25, 2011. ? Photo by AP
A Yemeni army officer, centre, shouts slogans along with anti-government protestor during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 25, 2011. ? Photo by AP
A Syrian woman supporter of President Bashar Assad, gestures as others carry a national flag bearing a picture of Assad with Arabic writing that reads ?God is protecting Syria's Assad?, during a support rally after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, March 25, 2011. ? Photo by AP
A Syrian woman supporter of President Bashar Assad, gestures as others carry a national flag bearing a picture of Assad with Arabic writing that reads ?God is protecting Syria's Assad?, during a support rally after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, March 25, 2011. ? Photo by AP
Anti-government protesters flee after riot police fire rounds of tear gas to disperse them in the mainly Shia village of Diraz, west of Manama, March 25, 2011. Police have broken up small scattered protests in Manama using rounds of teargas in a planned ?Day of Rage? that faded quickly due to a heavy security force presence. ? Photo by Reuters
Anti-government protesters flee after riot police fire rounds of tear gas to disperse them in the mainly Shia village of Diraz, west of Manama, March 25, 2011. Police have broken up small scattered protests in Manama using rounds of teargas in a planned ?Day of Rage? that faded quickly due to a heavy security force presence. ? Photo by Reuters
Libyan women perform Friday's noon prayer in Benghazi on March 25, 2011 as coalition forces launched a seventh day of air strikes against the regime of Libya's Moamer Qadhafi but France and Britain insisted a diplomatic solution to the crisis could be reached. ? Photo by AFP
Libyan women perform Friday's noon prayer in Benghazi on March 25, 2011 as coalition forces launched a seventh day of air strikes against the regime of Libya's Moamer Qadhafi but France and Britain insisted a diplomatic solution to the crisis could be reached. ? Photo by AFP
An Iraqi Kurdish woman holds up a picture of a relative who was killed earlier in a protest, in Sulaimaniya, 260 kilometres northeast of Baghdad, March 24, 2011. Protests sweeping North Africa and the Middle East have transformed Iraq's Kurdish region, where an angry public is awakening to political life beyond the authoritarian leaders once seen as heroic liberators. ? Photo by Reuters
An Iraqi Kurdish woman holds up a picture of a relative who was killed earlier in a protest, in Sulaimaniya, 260 kilometres northeast of Baghdad, March 24, 2011. Protests sweeping North Africa and the Middle East have transformed Iraq's Kurdish region, where an angry public is awakening to political life beyond the authoritarian leaders once seen as heroic liberators. ? Photo by Reuters
Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration to show solidarity with the Libyan people, in front of the Libyan embassy in Tunis, March 25, 2011. ? Photo by Reuters
Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration to show solidarity with the Libyan people, in front of the Libyan embassy in Tunis, March 25, 2011. ? Photo by Reuters
An Egyptian street boy prays at Tahrir Square in Cairo, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, March 25, 2011. Egypt's economy, forecast just months earlier to grow at six per cent in the current fiscal year, is expected to see GDP growth roughly halved with the exodus of tourism revenue and a likely drop in foreign direct investment. ? Photo by AP
An Egyptian street boy prays at Tahrir Square in Cairo, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, March 25, 2011. Egypt's economy, forecast just months earlier to grow at six per cent in the current fiscal year, is expected to see GDP growth roughly halved with the exodus of tourism revenue and a likely drop in foreign direct investment. ? Photo by AP

While South Asia is engulfed in the cricket fever, anti-government protests have swept across the Middle East. Starting from Tunisia, revolts through the Arab world are mainly targeting long-time presidents seen as eager to set up ruling dynasties, while the region’s established monarchies have so far emerged relatively unscathed.

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