Recent developments in the Arab world turmoil (AP)

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Syria

Syrian troops and heavy armour encircle a rebellious northern city, and hundreds of people are fleeing through a single escape route and cross-border lush Turkish, strongly escalating the upheaval which threaten Syria's authoritarian regime. The town of Jisr al-Shughour timber as its bebøre cross the olive groves and travel gravel roads, trying to get away from tanks and elite forces around them, Turkish foreign minister says more than 2400 Syrians crossed the border, which is opened for the refugees.

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Yemen

The Yemeni Government troops trying to recapture areas held by Islamic militants kill 12 suspected al Qæda members in the troubled southern province of Abyan where the militants take advantage of a breakdown of the authority as a result of the Government's battle with armed tribesmen attempts to overthrow the autocratic leader of more than three decades. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has clung to power in the entire months of protests against his regime, had surgery to remove the shard of wood placed in the chest, when one of the rockets splinter a pulpit in a mosque where the President and top aides praying. Salehs condition stabilises enough to move him out of intensive care on the Saudi Arabian military hospital, where he is being treated.

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Libya

NATO's air attacks rattle Libyan capital suggests a return to the heavy NATO bombardment, which hit military installations and flattened major buildings in leader Moammar Gadhafi sprawling compound in the heart of the city. United States's Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that she is aware of the "numerous and continues" overtures by people close to Gadhafi to negotiate his departure from power.

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Egypt

The last 19 victims among hundreds killed during the uprising, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak overturned is buried in Cairo, hailed as martyrs who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Their bodies in morgues lingered months Cairo's, never identified or claimed, until the authorities gave the go ahead to a municipal funeral. 846 Egyptians everything was killed during the mass street demonstrations when Mubarak feared police cracked on the demonstrators, firing many in the head and chest with live ammunition.