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The withdrawal of security forces from some provinces has left a power vacuum that al-Qaeda is trying to fill.

On a stage once commanded by his brutal father, President Bashar Assad blamed foreign conspiracies for Syria's unrest in a national speech Wednesday that sought to steel his family dynasty against a rebellion similar to those that have toppled regimes across the region.

An "extraordinary number" of security forces flooded Daraa on Monday, patrolling streets and guarding government buildings in an apparent attempt to stave off further protests, a political activist in the city told CNN.

Two Reuters journalists were released by Syrian authorities on Monday, two days after they were detained in Damascus.

Two Reuters television journalists have been missing in Syria since Saturday night, when they were due to return to Lebanon.

Islamic militants seized control of a weapons factory and a nearby town in Yemen's south Sunday, said a witness and security officials, as political turmoil around the country causes security to unravel.

Protesters and Syrian government forces clashed Saturday in the coastal city of Latakia, where demonstrators set fire to the offices of President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath party, an activist said.

A woman burst into the hotel housing the foreign press in Tripoli Saturday and fought off security forces as she told journalists that she had been raped and beaten by Qaddafi militia members.

Violence erupted as tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets across the country, in the most widespread unrest in years.