Syrian security forces have launched Monday, April 25, operations to regain control of some outbreaks of protest against the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, including Deraa, which began the very first demonstrations on March 18. Witnesses said between 18 and people have been killed in this city, besides many wounded.
"More than 3,000" members of the security forces, backed by tanks, entered the old town on Monday morning and continued to pound the area earlier this afternoon, according to activists of human rights. There are "dead and wounded," said an activist who could come into contact with Deraa.
He added that residents could not confirm the number of dead because "the bodies are in the street and they can not recover." "Snipers took positions on rooftops and tanks are in the downtown," he added. A witness said that eight tanks were deployed in the old town and several corpses lying in the street.
A collision would have pitted members of the security services to the army. The border with Jordan was also cordoned off by Syria, said the Jordanian Ministry of Information, who said he hoped "the situation returns to normal quickly." Although a witness said it had failed to enter Syria from Jordan, the official news agency SANA denied the closure of the border.
According to activists, operations security services are also underway to Duma, 15 km north of Damascus, and Al-Maadamiyeh, a suburb of the capital. "A patrol of security forces is stationed at the entrance to each lane and preventing people from leaving their homes even to buy bread," reported one witness.
He said the schools are closed, officials stayed at home, and "the funeral of youth killed on Friday and Saturday could not take place". Arrests were also held in this city, according to this witness, who could not provide figures. According to the independent human rights activist and Saouasia, security forces also raided the house of a doctor, Zakraiya Al-Akkad, who spoke shortly before the television channel Al- Jazeera situation with Jabla.
For another activist, cited by, "it is a barbaric war intended to destroy the Syrian democrats. The intent of President Bashar Al-Assad are clear since he has publicly stated that he was' ready to War ', in his speech of March 30. The repression of the protest movement would have been approximately 350 deaths and dozens missing, according to activists of human rights. 
"More than 3,000" members of the security forces, backed by tanks, entered the old town on Monday morning and continued to pound the area earlier this afternoon, according to activists of human rights. There are "dead and wounded," said an activist who could come into contact with Deraa.
He added that residents could not confirm the number of dead because "the bodies are in the street and they can not recover." "Snipers took positions on rooftops and tanks are in the downtown," he added. A witness said that eight tanks were deployed in the old town and several corpses lying in the street.
A collision would have pitted members of the security services to the army. The border with Jordan was also cordoned off by Syria, said the Jordanian Ministry of Information, who said he hoped "the situation returns to normal quickly." Although a witness said it had failed to enter Syria from Jordan, the official news agency SANA denied the closure of the border.
According to activists, operations security services are also underway to Duma, 15 km north of Damascus, and Al-Maadamiyeh, a suburb of the capital. "A patrol of security forces is stationed at the entrance to each lane and preventing people from leaving their homes even to buy bread," reported one witness.
He said the schools are closed, officials stayed at home, and "the funeral of youth killed on Friday and Saturday could not take place". Arrests were also held in this city, according to this witness, who could not provide figures. According to the independent human rights activist and Saouasia, security forces also raided the house of a doctor, Zakraiya Al-Akkad, who spoke shortly before the television channel Al- Jazeera situation with Jabla.
For another activist, cited by, "it is a barbaric war intended to destroy the Syrian democrats. The intent of President Bashar Al-Assad are clear since he has publicly stated that he was' ready to War ', in his speech of March 30. The repression of the protest movement would have been approximately 350 deaths and dozens missing, according to activists of human rights.
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