Faced with unprecedented unrest, the Syrian government decided to send army reinforcements to Deraa and the dispatch of troops in the port city of Latakia, Sunday, March 27, after a day of violence in which protesters and Authorities have accused each other of being behind the unrest. The Syrian government said 12 people - 10 policemen and two protesters armed - were killed in the day Saturday.
200 people were also injured. Damascus was accused of "Muslim extremists were behind the attack." Reform activists in exile say their side as six people were killed by Syrian security forces since Friday. The agency said its side Sunday that two of its journalists, Lebanese, have been missing since Saturday evening in Syria.
The arrival of the armed forces was announced in several newspapers close to the Syrian government. The daily Al-Watan said that the army's mission to "end the destruction and murder." Teshreen, another branch of government, talks about 150 injured on Friday and Saturday, without distinguishing between civilian and military.
Medical sources indicated that two demonstrators were killed on Saturday after trying to burn down a local Baath Party of President Bashar Al-Assad. The presence of soldiers is confirmed by residents. They claim that units are deployed in strategic locations in Latakia, one of the most prosperous cities of Syria populated Sunni, Christians and allaouites.
Boussaina Shaaban, an adviser to the Syrian head of state, said Sunday that President al-Assad would address "very soon" to his people "to explain the situation and clarify the reforms he intends to pursue in the country." She also said that authorities had already decided to repeal the emergency law in force since 1963, a promise made by Bashar al-Assad to appease popular anger.
On Saturday, a local Baath party and a police station had been burnt to Tafas near Deraa, the epicenter of protest in the south. Thousands of people were gathered there for the funeral of Kamal Baradan, a protester killed the day before. A Deraa same time, hundreds of protesters have again occupied the central square on Saturday.
According to Amnesty International, the crackdown has killed at least 55 deaths over the past week in this region. Demonstrations were also held in the capital, Damascus, Hama and further north, the scene of a bloody repression of an uprising Islamist who had up to 20 000 deaths in the regime of former president Hafez Al Assad in 1982.
A Sanamein in the south, residents reported that 20 people were killed when gunmen opened fire on the crowd gathered outside a building used by military intelligence. 
200 people were also injured. Damascus was accused of "Muslim extremists were behind the attack." Reform activists in exile say their side as six people were killed by Syrian security forces since Friday. The agency said its side Sunday that two of its journalists, Lebanese, have been missing since Saturday evening in Syria.
The arrival of the armed forces was announced in several newspapers close to the Syrian government. The daily Al-Watan said that the army's mission to "end the destruction and murder." Teshreen, another branch of government, talks about 150 injured on Friday and Saturday, without distinguishing between civilian and military.
Medical sources indicated that two demonstrators were killed on Saturday after trying to burn down a local Baath Party of President Bashar Al-Assad. The presence of soldiers is confirmed by residents. They claim that units are deployed in strategic locations in Latakia, one of the most prosperous cities of Syria populated Sunni, Christians and allaouites.
Boussaina Shaaban, an adviser to the Syrian head of state, said Sunday that President al-Assad would address "very soon" to his people "to explain the situation and clarify the reforms he intends to pursue in the country." She also said that authorities had already decided to repeal the emergency law in force since 1963, a promise made by Bashar al-Assad to appease popular anger.
On Saturday, a local Baath party and a police station had been burnt to Tafas near Deraa, the epicenter of protest in the south. Thousands of people were gathered there for the funeral of Kamal Baradan, a protester killed the day before. A Deraa same time, hundreds of protesters have again occupied the central square on Saturday.
According to Amnesty International, the crackdown has killed at least 55 deaths over the past week in this region. Demonstrations were also held in the capital, Damascus, Hama and further north, the scene of a bloody repression of an uprising Islamist who had up to 20 000 deaths in the regime of former president Hafez Al Assad in 1982.
A Sanamein in the south, residents reported that 20 people were killed when gunmen opened fire on the crowd gathered outside a building used by military intelligence.
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