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Tanks deploy in east, Syrians flee northern town

AMMAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians fled the historic town of Maarat al-Numaan to escape troops and tanks thrusting into the north in a widening military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad.In the tribal east, where Syria's 380,000 barrels per day of oil is produced, tanks and armoured vehicles deployed in the city of Deir al-Zor and around Albu Kamal on the border with Iraq, a week after tens of thousands of people took to the streets demanding an end to Assad's autocratic rule."Cars are continuing to stream out of Maarat al-Numaan in all directions," one witness told Reuters by phone. "People are loading them with everything, blankets, mattresses on roofs."Syrian forces pushed towards the town of 100,000 that straddles the main north-south highway linking Damascus with Syria's second largest city Aleppo, after arresting hundreds of people in villages close to Jisr al-Shughour, near the border with Turkey, residents said.The government said security had been restored in Jisr al-Shughour after fighting earlier this month in which it said 120 security personnel were killed, and urged residents who fled the military crackdown on the rebellious town to return.Witnesses said residents assisted by deserting security forces had attacked a police compound in Jisr al-Shughour 10 days ago after police killed 48 civilians. About 60 police, including 20 deserters, were killed.A statement issued after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday also said Syria's Red Crescent aid organisation would coordinate with Turkey "to facilitate the return of Syrian citizens".More than 8,500 Syrians have sought sanctuary in Turkey, which has set up four refugee camps across the border from Jisr al-Shughour.A 36-year-old Syrian who gave his name as Ahmed fled with his wife and six children to Turkey after learning troops had arrived in Jisr al-Shughour, near a village where he resides."We came here to protect our family. We're not against them (security forces) but they fight us like we were infidels," Ahmed, sunburnt and dressed in a dirty tracksuit, told Reuters in a narrow street in the Turkish border village of Guvecci.A Turkish Red Crescent official, who requested anonymity, said more tent camps were being prepared at the eastern end of the 800 km border, near the Turkish city of Mardin, far from where the current influx of refugees is concentrated.The state-run Anatolian news agency said an envoy from Assad, Hassan Turkmani, would visit Turkey on Wednesday for talks with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish leader had developed a close rapport with Assad but has grown increasingly critical of his military crackdown.

Seven fall into sea while posing for photograph after bridge collapses

GEORGE TOWN: Seven people, including three boys, fell into the sea near here after the bridge they were standing on gave way while they were posing for a photograph at the Batu Maung jetty.The group, who had earlier attended a protest by some 30 trawler operators against the Government's move to increase the price of subsidised diesel, had wanted to pose with their boats in the background.They were standing on the bridge and calling out to other fishermen to join in for the photograph when the bridge collapsed.However, as the water level was low, they managed to climb onto the remnants of the bridge before walking back to shore.During the protest, Ismail Kassim, 58, said the Class B operators-cum-fishermen from Batu Maung and Teluk Bahang were worried that they would also be affected by the increase in diesel price to RM1.80 per litre for deep-sea C2 trawlers.“We are still buying diesel at RM1.25 per litre and we will not be able to afford a decent living if there is an increase.“We are already spending up to RM600 sometimes RM800 a day for the diesel when we are out at sea for nine hours,” Ismail said.Class B trawlers are allowed to fish within 20 nautical miles from the coast.It was reported that more than 100 trawlers were docked at the Malaysia Fisheries Department Authority complex in Kuantan after fishermen claimed that they could not afford to go out to sea due to the sudden increase in diesel price.

Fighting in Zawiyah shuts Libya road to Tunisia

ZAWIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fought gun battles with rebels in the town of Zawiyah on Saturday, witnesses said, shutting the coastal highway that links the capital Tripoli with Tunisia.Two Reuters reporters travelling via the town, which lies just 50 km (30 miles) outside of Tripoli, on two separate trips six hours apart, were diverted via backstreets with a police escort while the fighting raged on.They said the highway was deserted except for lots of soldiers, police and armed men in civilian clothes. One heard bursts of gunfire coming from the direction of the city."The situation is very bad in Zawiyah. There's been fierce fighting since the morning," said the resident, who gave only his first name, Mohammed, fearing reprisals.Four months since Gaddafi's forces crushed a popular uprising against his four-decade rule that then morphed into an armed rebellion, Libya's civil war is in stalemate.Nearly three months of bombings by NATO war planes against Libyan military targets have failed to unseat Gaddafi or enable the rebels to launch an offensive on his territory in Tripoli.Several explosions were heard in Tripoli throughout the afternoon, as late as 8 p.m. (1800 GMT), suggesting NATO was ramping up attacks after a quiet morning.Libya TV reported that "the imperialist aggressors" had bombed several sites in and around the Libyan capital, in the town of Yafran, then showed footage of what it said were children wounded in past NATO bombings, to violin music.
Rebel spokesman Ahmed Bani said a senior Gaddafi aide had been wounded in a NATO strike on a city close to Tripoli on Saturday evening and was in hospital. There was no independent confirmation and Libyan officials were not available to comment.

Fighting erupts in Zlitan, Turkey offers Gaddafi exits

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Heavy fighting between pro-Gaddafi troops and rebels broke out in a Libyan city just 160 kilometres east of Tripoli, potentially opening the coastal road to the capital, just as cracks appeared among NATO allies.
Gaddafi forces also shelled for the first time the world heritage-listed city of Gadamis, some 600 kilometres southwest of the capital on the Tunisia and Algerian border, opening a new front in the five-month long civil war.
World powers gave mixed signals on how the deadlocked civil war might play out, with Russia trying to mediate reconciliation. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he had offered a "guarantee" to Gaddafi if he left Libya, but received no reply.With diplomacy stalling, rebels said fighting was erupting on new fronts.Ahmed Bani, a military spokesman in Benghazi, told Reuters clashes had broken out in Zlitan on Thursday and resumed on Friday with Gaddafi forces killing 22 rebels.Zlitan is one of three towns that are under government control between the rebel-held Misrata and the capital and were it to fall could act as a stepping stone to allow the anti-Gaddafi uprising to spread from Misrata, the biggest rebel outpost in western Libya, to Gaddafi's stronghold in Tripoli."Large numbers of troops are surrounding Zlitan from all directions and are threatening its residents with having their women raped by mercenaries if they do not surrender," Bani said, adding the rebels controlled parts of the city.

Yemen's Saleh has surgery in Saudi, crowds cheer exit

SANAA/RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, wounded in an attack on his palace, underwent surgery in Saudi Arabia and Yemenis seeking his overthrow celebrated what they hoped was the end of his 33-year rule.
A Yemeni ruling party official said Saleh would return to the country within days, but with a power struggle already under way and gunfights raging in parts of the country, the threat of further turmoil remained high.A medical source in Saudi Arabia told Reuters Saleh was awake and in good condition after undergoing surgery on Sunday to remove shrapnel from his chest."People are worried about what will happen after Saleh's departure. They're most worried about a military coup or struggles for power within the army," said Farouq Abdel Salam, a resident of the southern port city of Aden.Concerns are mounting that Yemen, already on the brink of financial ruin and home to al Qaeda militants, could become a failed state posing a threat to the world's top oil-exporting region and global security.Saleh has exasperated former U.S. and Saudi allies, who once saw him as a key partner in combating Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, by repeatedly reneging on a Gulf-brokered deal under which he would quit in return for immunity.Leaving      Yemen could make it hard for him to retain power."I think this is the end of Saleh's reign," said Ghanem Nuseibeh, founder of Cornerstone Global Associates and senior analyst at Political Capital.

Saudi Arabia brokers new truce in Yemen

SANAA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has brokered a fresh truce between a powerful Yemeni tribal federation and forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a Saudi source said on Saturday, and a tribal leader said his followers were abiding by it. Saudi-brokered truce agreed a week ago held for only a day before fresh street battles broke out in the capital Sanaa, leading to the most intense fighting there since the uprising against Saleh's 32-year role began.Broadcasters Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, citing Yemeni and Saudi sources, said Saleh was on his way to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment, a day after suffering head wounds in a shelling attack on a mosque in the presidential compound, but Yemen's deputy information minsiter denied the reports.Seven people were killed when what appeared to be rockets hit the presidential palace and several government officials were wounded. Saleh blamed a tribal federation for the assault."The rocket was devastating. It was a clear assassination attempt against the president," said Abdulla Ali al-Radhi, Yemen's ambassador to the United Kingdom.The BBC reported that the attack left Saleh with shrapnel near his heart and second-degree burns to his chest and face. It said sources close to the president had told the broadcaster Saleh had a piece of shrapnel almost 7.6 cm long under his heart.

Yemen fighting spreads, at least 50 killed this week

SANAA (Reuters) - The Yemeni opposition paraded through Sanaa the bodies of 50 people it said were killed in clashes with President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces this week as fighting spread on Friday and edged towards civil war.Street battles in the capital have killed at least 155 power the last 10 days, marking an escalation in the uprising to end Saleh's three-decade long rule of the impoverished state which started in January. About 370 people have been killed in total.Major fighting in Sanaa also spread for the first time to the southern part of the city, an area held by forces loyal to Saleh and possibly marking a turning point in the conflict.There were also explosions heard in Taiz, where the United Nations said it was investigating reports that 50 have been killed in the southern city since Sunday.

Cruise ship passengers injured in Gibraltar blast

MADRID (AP) - Twelve passengers on a cruise ship moored in Gibraltar have been injured after a dockside tank holding used oil and water exploded as workers were welding it.Gibraltar's government says the passengers on the "Independence of the Seas" operated by Royal Caribbean, suffered injuries ranging from minor burns to a fractured shoulder. The ship sailed away from the affected area immediately after the blast.A government statement said one Spanish worker involved in the welding operation suffered life-threatening injuries and a second worker had less serious injuries.The explosion sent black smoke billowing into the air, hiding Gibraltar's famed "Rock" from view. The government said the workers were welding atop the tank. An investigation was under way to determine the cause.

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