Up to 5,000 protesters are trying to storm the US embassy in Yemen as anger about an anti-Muslim film spreads in the Middle East.
Hundreds got past two police barricades and managed to get through the main gate into the US compound in Sanaa. They were then driven back by security forces firing weapons into the air.
The latest TV pictures appear to show the gate being pulled down, and smoking rising from inside the complex.
Young demonstrators shouting "we redeem, Messenger of God" smashed windows of security offices outside the embassy and set fire to cars and tyres. Others held banners declaring "Allah is Greatest".
In Egypt, protests have continued for a second day outside the US embassy in Cairo, provoked by an American-made anti-Islam film, being promoted on YouTube and said to insult the Prophet Mohammed.
Police were pelted with rocks and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi slammed the film and its "attacks" on Islam, while also stressing that he condemned the violence.
"We Egyptians reject any kind of assault or insult against our prophet. I condemn and oppose all who ... insult our prophet," he said, during an official visit to Brussels. "(But) it is our duty to protect our guests and visitors from abroad."
Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood is calling for protests across the country after prayers on Friday.
The violence came a day after the US embassy was attacked in Libya, and there are fears protests will spread to other countries in the Muslim world. US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American officials died as gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and set fire to the compound in Benghazi.
The US is investigating whether it was a co-ordinated terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 atrocity. It had been thought it was a spontaneous protest provoked by an American-made anti-Islam film, being promoted on YouTube and said to insult the Prophet Mohammed.
But a US counterterrorism official has said the Benghazi violence was "too co-ordinated or professional" to be spontaneous.
In Tunisia, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the air to disperse a protest by around 200 people near the US embassy in the capital Tunis. There were also protests outside US embassies in Morocco, Sudan, and Baghdad.
Hundreds got past two police barricades and managed to get through the main gate into the US compound in Sanaa. They were then driven back by security forces firing weapons into the air.
The latest TV pictures appear to show the gate being pulled down, and smoking rising from inside the complex.
Young demonstrators shouting "we redeem, Messenger of God" smashed windows of security offices outside the embassy and set fire to cars and tyres. Others held banners declaring "Allah is Greatest".
In Egypt, protests have continued for a second day outside the US embassy in Cairo, provoked by an American-made anti-Islam film, being promoted on YouTube and said to insult the Prophet Mohammed.
Police were pelted with rocks and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi slammed the film and its "attacks" on Islam, while also stressing that he condemned the violence.
"We Egyptians reject any kind of assault or insult against our prophet. I condemn and oppose all who ... insult our prophet," he said, during an official visit to Brussels. "(But) it is our duty to protect our guests and visitors from abroad."
Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood is calling for protests across the country after prayers on Friday.
The violence came a day after the US embassy was attacked in Libya, and there are fears protests will spread to other countries in the Muslim world. US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American officials died as gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and set fire to the compound in Benghazi.
The US is investigating whether it was a co-ordinated terrorist strike to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 atrocity. It had been thought it was a spontaneous protest provoked by an American-made anti-Islam film, being promoted on YouTube and said to insult the Prophet Mohammed.
But a US counterterrorism official has said the Benghazi violence was "too co-ordinated or professional" to be spontaneous.
In Tunisia, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the air to disperse a protest by around 200 people near the US embassy in the capital Tunis. There were also protests outside US embassies in Morocco, Sudan, and Baghdad.
