Some of today's news clips from the Middle East.
Major protests in Bahrain, where protesters continue to hold Pearl Square in spite of violent police repression that has already left at least two dead. Also watch Yemen, where police seem to be attempting to put a stop to six days of protest, Libya, where planned protests broke out early in Benghazi, Iraq, where a police attack on demonstrators in Kut which killed 3 people and wounded many lead to the demonstrators attacking government buildings, and Iran, where thousands again took to the streets at funerals for those killed in previous protests.
Overview Articles from the BBC
BBC Country Index of Middle East Protests - Notably missing are Iraq and Palestine
BBC Liveblog: Middle East Protests
Morocco
Demonstration against monarchy in Morocco and Bahrain
A group of bloggers, who called themselves "Moroccan movement of 20 February" call for protests to fix what they call the ten mistakes of King Mohamed VI.
Algeria
There do not currently appear to be protests going on, but: Algerian activists to keep heat on regime leaders 'until they fall'
Libya
Protests are scheduled for tomorrow, but they appear to have broken out last night in Benghazi. Benghazi is Libya’s second largest city, but it is far from Gaddafi’s power base in Tripoli and historically a center of discontent with his regime.
DKos's Meteor Blades write Libyans rise up
Opposition Protests Reportedly Spread To Libya
The Libyan demonstration in the port city of Benghazi began Tuesday and lasted until the early hours Wednesday, according to eyewitnesses and Ashur Shamis, a Libyan opposition activist in London… demonstrators marched on a local government office, some wielding rocks and gasoline bombs, demanding the release of a human rights activist and regime critic. The paper says at least 14 people were injured.
Libyans clash with police over detained lawyer, source says
Libya to free 110 jailed Islamists: NGO
Libya was on Wednesday to release 110 jailed Islamists of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, bringing to 360 the number of political detainees freed since last March, a rights group said.
This is an odd more for a government repressing protests. Is this a concession, or simply an attempt to spook the West by link the protests to an armed Islamist group?
Egypt
Israel Agrees to More Egypt Troops in Sinai
Israel says Iranian warships transit Suez
The passage is "something which has not happened in many years," Liberman said.
"This is a provocation that proves that the self-confidence and insolence of the Iranians is growing from day to day," he said.
Labor Unrest Spreads Throughout Egypt
Palestine
Palestinian youth injured by settlers fire near Nablus
Abbas bans Palestinians from criticizing Qatar emir
Israel
Egypt delays gas supply, again
Egypt has been Israel's main gas supplier since 2007, accounting for 20% of the total electricity production in the state. Due to an agreement signed in 2005, Egypt has been supplying the gas at much lower rates than those of the global market.
But an Egyptian court ruled recently that the agreement must be reworked to allow for steeper costs. Following the overturning of the Mubarak government and his resignation, opposition forces have called on the new regime to honor the decision.
Israel 'may have to re-enter Lebanon'
Knesset committee approves bill allowing Israel boycotters to be fined
Syria
Syrian rights activist freed after hunger strike
Assad cousin warns Syria
A cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad living in exile warned Wednesday that the Syrian government must enact democratic reforms or face the "chaos" sweeping other Arab countries.
"Change or be changed," said Ribal al-Assad, head of the London-based Organisation for Democracy and Freedom in Syria.
Jordan
Jordan tribesmen block airport road in land protest
The demonstration on Tuesday night saw more than 500 people of the Bani Sakhr tribe, one of the largest in Jordan, staging a sit-in on the main road leading to the international airport, south of the capital, he said.
Jordan justice minister: Israel is a terrorist state
Excellent background analysis at: Five Questions on Jordan
Iraq
Violence erupts during anti-government protests in southern Iraq city
Protesters seized control of a key government building in the southern Iraq city of Kut… The violence erupted after guards protecting the government headquarters of Wasit province opened fire on the demonstrators, killing one, wounding 27,
Three killed, dozens injured in Iraqi protests
Three people were killed and dozens wounded in the southern city of Kut on Wednesday as Iraqis demanding better basic services fought with police and torched government buildings, hospital and police sources said.
Around 2,000 people took to the streets in Kut, throwing bricks and stones at Iraqi security forces.
Iraq protesters demand jobs in countrywide rallies
Protests growing in Iraq's north as well
Iran
Pro-, anti-govt supporters clash at Tehran funeral
Morning Brief: Violence erupts at public funerals in Iran, Bahrain
Bahrain
Protesters continue to hold Pearl Square. Some reports suggest that police have backed off after their attacks, which killed two, only enraged the protesters further.
Al Jazeera Liveblog: Bahrain
Protests continue for third day in Bahrain
Deaths galvanize Bahrain protesters
Bahrain square new center for Arab anger
Bahrain protesters step up pressure on rulers
Yemen
UPDATE: Second Yemen Protester Dies From Wounds - Official
Protesters in Yemen defiant despite clashes
Police tried to disperse the demonstrators using tear gas, batons and stun guns, but about 3,000 defiantly continued their march from the capital Sanaa's university toward the city centre, chanting slogans against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, including "Down with the president's thugs!"
Police Try to End Clashes in Yemen
Large numbers of police officers took up positions around the capital here on Wednesday in an attempt to end six days of running street battles between small groups of pro- and antigovernment protesters.
Thousands of police confront protesters in Yemen
Iranian state-run media claims that Two protesters killed in Yemen