Violent protests in Syria, Bahrain, Yemen – and now Jordan

Amman, Jordan

Jordan today became the latest Arab country to adopt violent repression as its response to protest – inspired, perhaps, by seeing similar tactic used by US allies like Bahrain and Yemen with little retribution from Washington.

This afternoon, police shut down a major protest camp in Amman, using water cannons. Mubarak-style thugs, widely believed to be hired by the regi.....

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Protests

AT least 10 people were killed in southern Syria overnight as protests demanding major reforms continued, prompting thousands of supporters of President Bashar al-Assad to flood the streets of Damascus in counter-demonstrations.

Activists said police fired on protesters in the southern villa...

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2011 Syrian protests

2011 Syrian protests are a series of major protests taking place in Syria, which began on 26 January 2011 and are influenced by other concurrent protests in the region. The protests have been described as "unprecedented".

Dozens of protesters have been killed by Syrian security services in the largest protests to take place in the country for decades. The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the use of deadly force against protesters as "unacceptable".

Syria has been governed under an Emergency Law since 1962, resulting in the effective suspension of most constitutional protections for citizens. Hafez al-Assad was in power for 30 years and his son Bashar al-Assad has been in power for the past 10 years.