.- Syrian security forces fired on demonstrators and killed at least 88 dead across the country, said a group that helped coordinate the marches, in the bloodiest day in a month of protests against the government of President Bashar Al Assad. Local Coordination Committees published a list with the names of 88 persons classified by region according to the group, were killed in areas ranging from the port city of Latakia to Homs, Hama, Damascus and the southern town of Izra'a.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of several cities and cheered for the "overthrow of the regime", reflecting the radicalization of the demands that initially focused on reform and greater freedoms. The protests follow along despite Assad signed a decree on Thursday lifted the emergency law imposed by the Baath party when he took power in a coup 48 years ago, which had been a central demand of the protesters.
In protests also demanding the release of political prisoners and the dismantling of the security services. Yesterday's violence raised to 300 the death toll since the unrest erupted on 18 March in the southern city of Dera, human rights activists say. As in surveys in Tunisia and Egypt, citizens are rebelling against the lack of freedom and opportunity and the impunity of security forces and the corruption that has enriched the elite, while a third of the Syrians live below the threshold of Bashar Al-Assad pobreza.
11 years ago inherited power from his father. Syria, 22.2 million people, is a country with one of the most rigid regimes in the Middle East. Most of the population is Arab (90.3%). Kurds, Armenians and others make up the other ethnic groups (9.7%) .- The predominantly Sunni Muslim (74%).
Other Muslims (16%) and Christians (10%) makes up the other religions. The president is leader of the Shiite minority ruling Syria for nearly half siglo.-Syrian opposition lacks cohesion. Consists Communist Action Party (PAC), the Arab Socialist Movement, the Popular Democratic Party and the Revolutionary Workers Party.
There are parties according to the CIA, "illegal" of Kurdish origin. Among them, the Kurdish Democratic Alliance, which focuses on four opposition parties. PIE: 
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of several cities and cheered for the "overthrow of the regime", reflecting the radicalization of the demands that initially focused on reform and greater freedoms. The protests follow along despite Assad signed a decree on Thursday lifted the emergency law imposed by the Baath party when he took power in a coup 48 years ago, which had been a central demand of the protesters.
In protests also demanding the release of political prisoners and the dismantling of the security services. Yesterday's violence raised to 300 the death toll since the unrest erupted on 18 March in the southern city of Dera, human rights activists say. As in surveys in Tunisia and Egypt, citizens are rebelling against the lack of freedom and opportunity and the impunity of security forces and the corruption that has enriched the elite, while a third of the Syrians live below the threshold of Bashar Al-Assad pobreza.
11 years ago inherited power from his father. Syria, 22.2 million people, is a country with one of the most rigid regimes in the Middle East. Most of the population is Arab (90.3%). Kurds, Armenians and others make up the other ethnic groups (9.7%) .- The predominantly Sunni Muslim (74%).
Other Muslims (16%) and Christians (10%) makes up the other religions. The president is leader of the Shiite minority ruling Syria for nearly half siglo.-Syrian opposition lacks cohesion. Consists Communist Action Party (PAC), the Arab Socialist Movement, the Popular Democratic Party and the Revolutionary Workers Party.
There are parties according to the CIA, "illegal" of Kurdish origin. Among them, the Kurdish Democratic Alliance, which focuses on four opposition parties. PIE:
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