Iran, officials said, is using the force to funnel tear gas, batons and other riot gear to Syria.
Security forces and government supporters attacked protesters on Friday — using tear gas, batons, shotguns and grenades — in pitched street battles in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Nairobi degenerated into violence again on Thursday, as riot police officers used tear gas, batons and water cannons to push back thousands of opposition supporters who poured into the streets to answer a call for a million-person rally that had been banned by the government.
Three days later security forces cleared the site using tear gas, batons and birdshot.
There were clashes near the presidential building, with demonstrators firing flares and riot police using tear gas, batons and stun grenades.
He responded by unleashing police who used tear gas, batons, and water cannons to disperse the crowds.
In an attempt to disband protesters, police used tear gas, batons, and possibly live ammunition, according to Amnesty International.
So then you had little skirmishes, and then the French police's approach to everything is: tear gas, batons, see who's still here, hopefully everyone's fucked off.
The police used tear gas and baton charges to disperse the supporters.
