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The government reports more than 100 people were injured. and in yemen, thousands took to the streets after friday prayers to call for government reform. the protests in yemen have been going on for weeks but the unrest in jordan and syria is new and shows that the demand for reform across the mideast continues to spread. joining us now, fouad ajami, a professor at johns hopkins advanced school of international studies and a senior fellow at the hoover institution, and in cairo, cnn's ivan watson. fouad, you've been talking about this. you say in syria, like in libya, the push for democracy is...

The objective in libya is, and the united states' role in it. u.s. officials have been saying that members of gadhafi's inner circle have been reaching out to the united states and arab states and today the u.s. ambassador to libya said it's still not clear what they want. here's exactly what he said. >> it's clear that the regime is reaching out to several possible mediators to try to get a message across. i'm not exactly sure what the message is, but it clearly indicates, i think at least some kind of desperation i think at this point. >> meanwhile, fierce fighting continues in abdijaya. ref...

Root as they have in somalia where there's a similar condition of anarchy. we have not thought that through. >> greta: thank you ambassador. mccain went on the record. it seems that you and secretary of state hillary clinton are on the same page on our military action in libya. and president obama was a little late program. is that a fair assessement? and why are we there? >> from what i heard through the media, i think that's pretty much the case. i think we're there because there was very close to being a humanitarian situation and a disaster in benghazi. the qadhafi forces were obviously on...

Nothing like western europe or north america. we have to rely upon our -- we have to be strong. fortunately, we are not at the center. we are -- in spite of the remarks that you have made, it is up to the arab people to struggle for their rights to change the regime or impose corrections and new procedures in their internal political life. and i think that it is the right step by the free world to intervene in libya in order to put an end to the pass kerr. -- an end to the massacre. >> greta: the problem is that egypt -- in recent history they've had a treaty agreement with your country.

Successful but would have given the rebels the opportunity to overthrow him and it would have been good for region and the world. >> greta: of sending our military -- in the terps of sending our military in for humanitarian purposes at one point does the humanitarian issue rise to the level we want to send our men and women into military action? >> obviously, there are humanitarian challenges and concerns all over the worldzd o with a fair amount of frequency. each has a different history and context. as to libya, we have in the leadership of that country a confirmed terrorist who has the bloo...