New 'Friday the rage' in Syria, where they were organized nationwide demonstrations against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. In Damascus, witnesses told of trucks equipped with machine guns and soldiers in battle dress. Tear gas was used to disperse the protesters, gathered in protest after Friday prayers.
Four soldiers were killed and two captured by a group of armed militiamen, according to the complaint, the Syrian state television. Thousands of citizens are also in place in the coastal cities of Latakia and Banias. In the latter, activists report that several shots of gunfire exploded in the district Slaebah.
The protesters "have closed off roads with barricades to prevent the security forces to advance," say on Twitter. In Homs, opponents of the regime sources have reported that security forces have killed nine people. In the same city, reported a source in the Syrian Interior Ministry, three policemen were killed with firearms.
A Daraa, city epicenter of the riots, security forces have fired on the crowd resulting in at least 83 people, including women and children. Gunshot felt even before the protests an act of intimidation, according to activists, to convince people to stay home and not join the protesters.
Snipers were stationed on rooftops and telephone lines in the city are still broken. Dell'Hawran thousands of people from villages in the south of Syria, tried to reach Daraa, trying to break the siege imposed by security forces. Even in the northeast, in the city of Qamishli and Amud, resumed protests.
And they are multiplying their appeals to Syrian citizens. On the one hand, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, the spiritual leader of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of the al Qaeda in Iraq until his assassination, invites you to revolt anti-regime: required for those who advocate for democracy, "it is also necessary to those who want Sharia law is applied.
" Second, the Syrian Interior Ministry has appealed to citizens not to join the demonstrations planned for today and to "contribute to stability and security of the country. The authorities have also decided to reinforce the closure to the outside, deploying military units along the border with Jordan has been closed in recent days.
The scheme is committed to responding to "acts of violence committed by extremist religious groups," said the Syrian foreign minister, Walid Moallem, doing "everything in its duty to protect citizens and preserve its security and sovereignty, thus ruling any justification for the voices of condemnation and demands to bring the issue before international bodies, in order to put pressure on Syria and compromise its position.
" However, citizens who are trying to flee to Turkey. At least 250 people from villages near the border have attempted to cross the border, but were apprehended by Turkish security guards. Meanwhile, continuing diplomatic operations. "My impression is that there is a broad consensus on the need to take action," said the secretary general of the diplomatic service outside the European Union, Pierre Vimont.
Possible sanctions on the Syrian authorities are now discussing at a meeting between the ambassadors of the 27 member countries, during which you may already drawn up a list of public figures to determine which measures concerning visas and freezing assets. Pending the meeting of the European Council of 23 May.
Also today you also meet the UN Human Rights Council. A special session requested by the United States and supported by 15 of the 47 other member countries. The purpose of the meeting is to rule on a draft resolution that condemns, among other things, the "use of lethal force by the Syrian authorities against peaceful demonstrators." In favor of a resolution is also the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, that "the UN Security Council has not yet done so, but I think that we can not give an example of double standards - he commented - act in a certain way in Egypt and, perhaps, Libya, and do not act at all against Syria.
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Four soldiers were killed and two captured by a group of armed militiamen, according to the complaint, the Syrian state television. Thousands of citizens are also in place in the coastal cities of Latakia and Banias. In the latter, activists report that several shots of gunfire exploded in the district Slaebah.
The protesters "have closed off roads with barricades to prevent the security forces to advance," say on Twitter. In Homs, opponents of the regime sources have reported that security forces have killed nine people. In the same city, reported a source in the Syrian Interior Ministry, three policemen were killed with firearms.
A Daraa, city epicenter of the riots, security forces have fired on the crowd resulting in at least 83 people, including women and children. Gunshot felt even before the protests an act of intimidation, according to activists, to convince people to stay home and not join the protesters.
Snipers were stationed on rooftops and telephone lines in the city are still broken. Dell'Hawran thousands of people from villages in the south of Syria, tried to reach Daraa, trying to break the siege imposed by security forces. Even in the northeast, in the city of Qamishli and Amud, resumed protests.
And they are multiplying their appeals to Syrian citizens. On the one hand, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, the spiritual leader of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of the al Qaeda in Iraq until his assassination, invites you to revolt anti-regime: required for those who advocate for democracy, "it is also necessary to those who want Sharia law is applied.
" Second, the Syrian Interior Ministry has appealed to citizens not to join the demonstrations planned for today and to "contribute to stability and security of the country. The authorities have also decided to reinforce the closure to the outside, deploying military units along the border with Jordan has been closed in recent days.
The scheme is committed to responding to "acts of violence committed by extremist religious groups," said the Syrian foreign minister, Walid Moallem, doing "everything in its duty to protect citizens and preserve its security and sovereignty, thus ruling any justification for the voices of condemnation and demands to bring the issue before international bodies, in order to put pressure on Syria and compromise its position.
" However, citizens who are trying to flee to Turkey. At least 250 people from villages near the border have attempted to cross the border, but were apprehended by Turkish security guards. Meanwhile, continuing diplomatic operations. "My impression is that there is a broad consensus on the need to take action," said the secretary general of the diplomatic service outside the European Union, Pierre Vimont.
Possible sanctions on the Syrian authorities are now discussing at a meeting between the ambassadors of the 27 member countries, during which you may already drawn up a list of public figures to determine which measures concerning visas and freezing assets. Pending the meeting of the European Council of 23 May.
Also today you also meet the UN Human Rights Council. A special session requested by the United States and supported by 15 of the 47 other member countries. The purpose of the meeting is to rule on a draft resolution that condemns, among other things, the "use of lethal force by the Syrian authorities against peaceful demonstrators." In favor of a resolution is also the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, that "the UN Security Council has not yet done so, but I think that we can not give an example of double standards - he commented - act in a certain way in Egypt and, perhaps, Libya, and do not act at all against Syria.
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