Protests against the Syrian government At least 15 protesters were killed in Dara, in the south of Syria, during clashes with security forces recorded from last night. On Friday hundreds of people gathered around the Omari mosque calling for an end of the Baathist regime of President Bashar Assad. "The police started shooting tear gas and run after disconnecting the electricity," one activist told the press.
But the authorities in Damascus deny. The Syrian state television aired a video showing how within the Omari mosque there were guns, assault rifles, grenades and ammunition. For state news agency Sana news, there were no security forces, but to have an armed commando opened fire on an ambulance near the mosque, killing a doctor, a nurse, a driver and a policeman.
Hence the reaction of the security forces near the area, opened fire hitting some of the perpetrators and arresting others, without giving further details on the dynamics of the facts. Paris has called on Damascus to "put an end to the excessive use of force" against demonstrators, the voice of Bernard Valero.
Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "The political reforms for which he longs to the Syrian people should be undertaken without hesitation." Dara, 100 km south of the capital, was the main place of the events of recent days during which at least six people have died, including a 11 year old boy died the day after inhaling tear gas.
A photographer and an operator of Daraa from France Press reported that around the city were set up several military checkpoints. Local authorities - said a human rights group based in London - were arrested on the well-known writer and political activist, Louai Hussein one day after he posted an online petition to demand the right to freedom of expression.
For days, some human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced the detention of dozens of activists after the demonstration last week outside the Ministry of Interior. 
But the authorities in Damascus deny. The Syrian state television aired a video showing how within the Omari mosque there were guns, assault rifles, grenades and ammunition. For state news agency Sana news, there were no security forces, but to have an armed commando opened fire on an ambulance near the mosque, killing a doctor, a nurse, a driver and a policeman.
Hence the reaction of the security forces near the area, opened fire hitting some of the perpetrators and arresting others, without giving further details on the dynamics of the facts. Paris has called on Damascus to "put an end to the excessive use of force" against demonstrators, the voice of Bernard Valero.
Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "The political reforms for which he longs to the Syrian people should be undertaken without hesitation." Dara, 100 km south of the capital, was the main place of the events of recent days during which at least six people have died, including a 11 year old boy died the day after inhaling tear gas.
A photographer and an operator of Daraa from France Press reported that around the city were set up several military checkpoints. Local authorities - said a human rights group based in London - were arrested on the well-known writer and political activist, Louai Hussein one day after he posted an online petition to demand the right to freedom of expression.
For days, some human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced the detention of dozens of activists after the demonstration last week outside the Ministry of Interior.
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