March Arab Spring 23rd: Arab Nations in Turmoil Amid Conflict Over Democracy and Dictatorship

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Jordanians protest ‘procrastination’ on reform

Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrated on Friday against what they charged was “procrastination” on reform in the country, as opposition Islamists vowed to continue their protests. “Stop procrastinating on reform — Jordan needs reform. The people want to reform the regime and put the corrupt on trial. Thousands march in Bahrain for reforms said witnesses. Thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets of Shiite villages around the capital on Friday to demand reforms, with some calling for the ouster of the Sunni-ruled regime, witnesses said. Muslim clerics, women, and elderly people, responding to calls from the opposition, set off from 10 villages.

Saudi arrest suspect in Shiite province shooting.

Saudi authorities on Friday said they had arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting attack on a police patrol in the mainly Shiite-populated eastern province of Qatif. Three policemen were wounded in Thursday’s attack in the town of Al-Awamiya, the state news agency SPA reported. The suspect put the break here. Clashes in Syria’s north as regime foes eye capital. Rebels and troops clashed in northern Syria as regime foes set their sights on the capital as the rallying cry for weekly protests on Friday, as the EU slapped new sanctions on Damascus. In Geneva, the UN Human Rights Council ordered an extension of a probe into violations in Syria, and asked investigators for help.