The tanks have taken up this morning to fire on the village of Dara, the epicenter of the demonstrations against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The 21 victims counted so far by non-governmental associations are added so alle25 people killed in clashes yesterday. A battle fought even within the same government forces.
Yesterday, in fact, a department of the regular army has clashed with special forces, sent by the government in the area of Damascus. The fighting began when the soldiers of the regular army have refused to open fire on demonstrators. A practice that the government justified in an official statement as necessary to quell the protests and "restore peace in the country," disturbed by the actions of "armed extremists." Citizens call for action by the international community, "because the army surrounding the city to prevent the arrival of food, - said Abdel Kaser, a resident of Dara - also there are groups of armed militants who are attacking the houses of civilians ".
Also yesterday, in addition, the Syrian authorities have arrested at least 500 people in several cities, while two other civilian casualties were recorded in the Duma, a suburb of the capital, now besieged dalleforze military that would be chasing Ghannun Kassem, a political activist and owner of a ceramics factory in the area.
Today was also taken from his home Qassem al-Ghazzawi, well-known activist in Syria, and will instead be brought before the military court the opposition leader Mahmud Issa, who was arrested last April 19. For him, according to state non-governmental organizations, the charge is "to have a satellite phone and a computer with high-tech." In terms of growing international attention to the Syrian protests.
The CIA chief, Leon Panetta, was for five days in Ankara at the end of March, for secret talks about the tense situation in the country. The meeting between the number one U.S. intelligence and some Turkish officials have been known until now. In particular, the intelligence chief Hakan Fidan last month was sent to Damascus by the turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with the Syrian president.
The talks were aimed Panetta with a possible change of regime in the country and the assurance for the safety of the Assad family. And while the intelligence work, the U.S. State Department calls on his countrymen to return to the country "immediately, until the scheduled flights are easily available." A solution is working while also Great Britain, who chose the path of pressure on the Syrian government.
The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said that the government is studying - and our international partners - possible further sanctions against Syria. On the Italian front, however, comes the official warning of the foreign ministry, which recommended "for the moment trips to Syria." But some in the country is already there and would return home.
Like the artists of the circus Embellie Riva Abruzzo, a few months in Syria for a tour. "We are in serious economic difficulties - said Roberto Bellucci, owner of the circus - we can not work there because the Syrian authorities have denied permission because the circus is a public place and therefore there is a risk of attacks." "A truly dramatic situation" that experienced by more than 70 employees of the circus, including two of six and eight months bamcini born in Damascus during the tour, Bellucci said in a letter to the Italian embassy in Damascus.
The artists could go home with a ferry to Venice, departing insured for Saturday, April 30. After that date, the departures will be confirmed or not in accordance with the development of protests in the country. 
Yesterday, in fact, a department of the regular army has clashed with special forces, sent by the government in the area of Damascus. The fighting began when the soldiers of the regular army have refused to open fire on demonstrators. A practice that the government justified in an official statement as necessary to quell the protests and "restore peace in the country," disturbed by the actions of "armed extremists." Citizens call for action by the international community, "because the army surrounding the city to prevent the arrival of food, - said Abdel Kaser, a resident of Dara - also there are groups of armed militants who are attacking the houses of civilians ".
Also yesterday, in addition, the Syrian authorities have arrested at least 500 people in several cities, while two other civilian casualties were recorded in the Duma, a suburb of the capital, now besieged dalleforze military that would be chasing Ghannun Kassem, a political activist and owner of a ceramics factory in the area.
Today was also taken from his home Qassem al-Ghazzawi, well-known activist in Syria, and will instead be brought before the military court the opposition leader Mahmud Issa, who was arrested last April 19. For him, according to state non-governmental organizations, the charge is "to have a satellite phone and a computer with high-tech." In terms of growing international attention to the Syrian protests.
The CIA chief, Leon Panetta, was for five days in Ankara at the end of March, for secret talks about the tense situation in the country. The meeting between the number one U.S. intelligence and some Turkish officials have been known until now. In particular, the intelligence chief Hakan Fidan last month was sent to Damascus by the turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to meet with the Syrian president.
The talks were aimed Panetta with a possible change of regime in the country and the assurance for the safety of the Assad family. And while the intelligence work, the U.S. State Department calls on his countrymen to return to the country "immediately, until the scheduled flights are easily available." A solution is working while also Great Britain, who chose the path of pressure on the Syrian government.
The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said that the government is studying - and our international partners - possible further sanctions against Syria. On the Italian front, however, comes the official warning of the foreign ministry, which recommended "for the moment trips to Syria." But some in the country is already there and would return home.
Like the artists of the circus Embellie Riva Abruzzo, a few months in Syria for a tour. "We are in serious economic difficulties - said Roberto Bellucci, owner of the circus - we can not work there because the Syrian authorities have denied permission because the circus is a public place and therefore there is a risk of attacks." "A truly dramatic situation" that experienced by more than 70 employees of the circus, including two of six and eight months bamcini born in Damascus during the tour, Bellucci said in a letter to the Italian embassy in Damascus.
The artists could go home with a ferry to Venice, departing insured for Saturday, April 30. After that date, the departures will be confirmed or not in accordance with the development of protests in the country.
- Assad Orders Syrian Tanks Into Daraa, Killing at Least 20 (26/04/2011)
- Syria Sends Tanks to Daraa Killing Several in Protest Crackdown (25/04/2011)
- Assad Orders Syrian Tanks Into Daraa, Killing at Least 20 - BusinessWeek (26/04/2011)
- Syrian Troops Converge On Daraa, Where Protests Began (26/04/2011)
- Syrian civilian deaths as tanks roll into town - ABC Online (26/04/2011)
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