.- The government approved a bill to lift the state of emergency, one of the main demands of the protests in the country, more than a month after the start of the movement that was amplified in recent days. However, the regime said it would not accept any new event in the country, where four people were shot to death on Tuesday when security forces dispersed a sit-in Homs (160 km north of Damascus), said a militant .
The emergency law be repealed, the government on Tuesday approved dates from 1962 and is effective from the coming to power of the Baath Party in 1963. President Bashar al-Assad had promised on Saturday that it would be abolished in "one week." The emergency law reduces civil liberties, impose restrictions on freedom of assembly and movement and allows the detention of suspects or persons who threaten security.
" The government also passed bills to abolish the State Security Court and to regulate the right to manifest, the official Sana news agency reported. Despite this concession, the Asad regime, which came to power in 2000 after the death of his father Hafez, said shortly before but would not accept any new event "under any slogan." More than a month after the start of the protest movement, in the continuation of the Arab riots, the demonstrations have spread to many cities and have become more radical, from a demand for reforms called to overthrow the regime.
In Homs, a sit-in began on Monday night and called out of Asad, before being dispersed "by force," said a human rights activist in Damascus that evoked "nourished shots." In a banner carried by protesters that read "Alawi, Sunni, Christian, Kurdish = united" to show that the militants deny that their movement to acquire a religious character.
Since 1963, political power in Syria is under control of the Alawite minority - Shia branch of Islam - and the Baath party. Sunnis form the majority of the population. The authorities said that five military officers and three children were killed in the last 24 hours by "armed criminal gangs" in the region of Homs.
This is the area where 11 anti-regime demonstrators were killed on Sunday, according to human rights activists. Shortly after the start of the sit-in Homs, the Interior Ministry promised to crush a "Salafist group armed rebellion" (Sunni fundamentalists). Since the beginning of the March 15 movement, the regime accused bands "armed" or "criminals" firing on the demonstrators and police.
On Tuesday, the official press also accused Washington of being "behind" the demonstrations. United States for its part claimed Tuesday the cessation of violence against demonstrators in Syria. "The Syrian government must urgently implement broader reforms and an end to violence against peaceful demonstrators," said State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.
"We have heard many words and saw little action" by President Bashar al-Assad, said Toner. At least 200 people have died in the country since the beginning of the movement, according to Amnesty International. Hundreds of others have been arrested, according to NGOs. 
The emergency law be repealed, the government on Tuesday approved dates from 1962 and is effective from the coming to power of the Baath Party in 1963. President Bashar al-Assad had promised on Saturday that it would be abolished in "one week." The emergency law reduces civil liberties, impose restrictions on freedom of assembly and movement and allows the detention of suspects or persons who threaten security.
" The government also passed bills to abolish the State Security Court and to regulate the right to manifest, the official Sana news agency reported. Despite this concession, the Asad regime, which came to power in 2000 after the death of his father Hafez, said shortly before but would not accept any new event "under any slogan." More than a month after the start of the protest movement, in the continuation of the Arab riots, the demonstrations have spread to many cities and have become more radical, from a demand for reforms called to overthrow the regime.
In Homs, a sit-in began on Monday night and called out of Asad, before being dispersed "by force," said a human rights activist in Damascus that evoked "nourished shots." In a banner carried by protesters that read "Alawi, Sunni, Christian, Kurdish = united" to show that the militants deny that their movement to acquire a religious character.
Since 1963, political power in Syria is under control of the Alawite minority - Shia branch of Islam - and the Baath party. Sunnis form the majority of the population. The authorities said that five military officers and three children were killed in the last 24 hours by "armed criminal gangs" in the region of Homs.
This is the area where 11 anti-regime demonstrators were killed on Sunday, according to human rights activists. Shortly after the start of the sit-in Homs, the Interior Ministry promised to crush a "Salafist group armed rebellion" (Sunni fundamentalists). Since the beginning of the March 15 movement, the regime accused bands "armed" or "criminals" firing on the demonstrators and police.
On Tuesday, the official press also accused Washington of being "behind" the demonstrations. United States for its part claimed Tuesday the cessation of violence against demonstrators in Syria. "The Syrian government must urgently implement broader reforms and an end to violence against peaceful demonstrators," said State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.
"We have heard many words and saw little action" by President Bashar al-Assad, said Toner. At least 200 people have died in the country since the beginning of the movement, according to Amnesty International. Hundreds of others have been arrested, according to NGOs.
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