The Yemeni chief of security at the US Embassy in Sana’a has been assassinated.

The Yemeni chief of security at the US Embassy in Sana’a has been assassinated.

The violent backlash against a US-made amateur film mocking the Prophet Mohammed spread to new countries in the Islamic world, dashing hopes in the West that the furore might soon be contained.

Protests continue against western embassies across the Middle East as the Pope visits Lebanon and calls for an end to weapons exports to Syria.

Furious mobs attacked at least six Western embassies across the Muslim world, with protesters filling the streets in another eight countries, as crowds vented their rage over a video defaming the Prophet Mohammed.

Friday sees a series of violent protests against western embassies across the Muslim world in reaction to an anti-Islam film.

Protesters and riot police clash near the US embassy in Cairo, Egypt.