At least 21 people have died in suppressing Syrian security forces of the opposition protests held in the cities of Homs and Hama, north of Damascus, as Syrian activists have said. Yasin Saleh explained by telephone from Damascus, which includes Reuters that fifteen people died in Homs and Hama six, and has not ruled to increase the number of victims.
The number of dead has been confirmed also by the director of the National Organization for Human Rights Syria (ONSDH), Ammar Qurabi, who told Efe that army tanks fired on demonstrators in Homs. Qurabi previously reported that between five and ten people had died in this city, the police disperse protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Asad.
The activist also reported that they are producing dozens of arrests in various parts of the country, including sabko, Zabadali and Al Tel, in the province of Damascus. Furthermore, he assured that the center of sabko have entered the army troops in al-Tel and heard shots. A military source quoted by the official SANA news agency, explained that "an armed criminal group" attacked a military checkpoint and the police near the bridge Al Sultanate of Homs and killed an army officer and four officers.
Since the protests began in the middle of last March, the agency has only paid official figures of the victims of security forces and armed gangs always accused of being behind the attacks. Today, despite the heavy deployment of troops ordered by the Syrian authorities, tens of thousands of people took to the streets following the announcement of the groups opposing the regime, called Friday's challenge.
In addition the Syrian authorities in Damascus have arrested Riad Seif, an opposition leader and cleric Mouazé the Khatib, as reported by several human rights activists. In the same district, dozens of protesters have gathered after Friday prayers to call for the resignation of the president, Bashar Assad, according to witnesses.
Meanwhile, in the suburb of Saqba, east of Damascus, about 2,000 residents have taken to the streets demanding the release of hundreds of detainees by security forces in recent days. The television network Al Jazeera showed images of people leaving and then they ran, shouting for the "fall of the regime." Moreover, thousands of Kurds are demonstrating in eastern Syria, where the group resides mainly to demand more political freedom while maintaining national unity, as reported by a Kurdish source.
Over the past two days the tanks have taken up positions near the towns of Homs and Banias Rastan. Military units remain deployed in several districts of Damascus, Erbin, and Douma-Saqba and the village of Tel, near the capital. An influential diplomat has revealed the prediction that the demonstrations will grow in number "gradually, not massive" compared to a week ago, when tens of thousands of people took to the streets.
NGOs estimate that the protests last Friday killed at least 62 civilians killed in the crackdown by government forces. Only Rastan were 17 civilian casualties. The president, Bashar Assad, and last week ordered a military incursion into Deraa, the epicenter of the protests against the regime.
Opposition sources said Thursday that the city in the south of the country remains under military control, despite the "gradual withdrawal" of troops announced the same day by the authorities in Damascus. Human rights activists estimate that since the start of the riots, about seven weeks have killed at least 560 civilians by forces loyal to al-Assad.
Thousands of people have been arrested and detained, including the elderly, women and children. The authorities blame the incidents on "armed terrorists", and Assad himself believes that the protests are orchestrated from the outside to cause religious violence. 
The number of dead has been confirmed also by the director of the National Organization for Human Rights Syria (ONSDH), Ammar Qurabi, who told Efe that army tanks fired on demonstrators in Homs. Qurabi previously reported that between five and ten people had died in this city, the police disperse protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Asad.
The activist also reported that they are producing dozens of arrests in various parts of the country, including sabko, Zabadali and Al Tel, in the province of Damascus. Furthermore, he assured that the center of sabko have entered the army troops in al-Tel and heard shots. A military source quoted by the official SANA news agency, explained that "an armed criminal group" attacked a military checkpoint and the police near the bridge Al Sultanate of Homs and killed an army officer and four officers.
Since the protests began in the middle of last March, the agency has only paid official figures of the victims of security forces and armed gangs always accused of being behind the attacks. Today, despite the heavy deployment of troops ordered by the Syrian authorities, tens of thousands of people took to the streets following the announcement of the groups opposing the regime, called Friday's challenge.
In addition the Syrian authorities in Damascus have arrested Riad Seif, an opposition leader and cleric Mouazé the Khatib, as reported by several human rights activists. In the same district, dozens of protesters have gathered after Friday prayers to call for the resignation of the president, Bashar Assad, according to witnesses.
Meanwhile, in the suburb of Saqba, east of Damascus, about 2,000 residents have taken to the streets demanding the release of hundreds of detainees by security forces in recent days. The television network Al Jazeera showed images of people leaving and then they ran, shouting for the "fall of the regime." Moreover, thousands of Kurds are demonstrating in eastern Syria, where the group resides mainly to demand more political freedom while maintaining national unity, as reported by a Kurdish source.
Over the past two days the tanks have taken up positions near the towns of Homs and Banias Rastan. Military units remain deployed in several districts of Damascus, Erbin, and Douma-Saqba and the village of Tel, near the capital. An influential diplomat has revealed the prediction that the demonstrations will grow in number "gradually, not massive" compared to a week ago, when tens of thousands of people took to the streets.
NGOs estimate that the protests last Friday killed at least 62 civilians killed in the crackdown by government forces. Only Rastan were 17 civilian casualties. The president, Bashar Assad, and last week ordered a military incursion into Deraa, the epicenter of the protests against the regime.
Opposition sources said Thursday that the city in the south of the country remains under military control, despite the "gradual withdrawal" of troops announced the same day by the authorities in Damascus. Human rights activists estimate that since the start of the riots, about seven weeks have killed at least 560 civilians by forces loyal to al-Assad.
Thousands of people have been arrested and detained, including the elderly, women and children. The authorities blame the incidents on "armed terrorists", and Assad himself believes that the protests are orchestrated from the outside to cause religious violence.
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