Small Protests Continue in Cities Across Yemen

The Takeaway

Protests continue in Yemen with thousands of people taking to the streets in cities across the country in the hopes of forcing President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign. According to the Associated Press, 2,000 police officers faced off with protesters yesterday in the capital of Sana, firing guns in the air and blocking students from joining the demonstrations.  We talk with Hakim Almasmari publisher and editor of The Yemen Post, who is currently in Sana, Yemen.   Zachary Lockman, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and History at New York University helps explain the democracy movements all across the Middle East.

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