Syrian security forces shot dead Friday at least 30 demonstrators in protests across the country in defiance of repression that has left hundreds of casualties, said a human rights activist. Other activists reported marches throughout Syria a day after U.S. request to President Bashar al-Assad to implement reforms or resign.
The protests took place across Syria, and Lakatia from Banias on the Mediterranean coast, to the oil-producing regions of Deir al-Zor and Qamishli in eastern Kurdish and Hauran plain in the south. Syria has restricted most of the international media since the riots broke out two months ago, making it impossible to independently verify the stories of activists and officials.
"There is no dialogue with tanks," read signs carried by protesters Kurds shouting "azadi", the Kurdish word for freedom, in opposition to promises by the authorities to initiate a national dialogue, a witness said. Protests also erupted in the suburbs of Damascus and the Barzeh district in the capital, where two witnesses as security forces fired on demonstrators and chased through the streets.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, estimates that at least 831 civilians have died since the last nine weeks, began the revolt against the autocratic regime of Assad in the southern city of Dera. According to the Observatory, at least 10 thousand people have been arrested, including hundreds of people in Syria on Friday.
Some protesters were called for freedom activists said, while others called the "overthrow of the regime", the slogan of the revolt that ended the mandates of the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia. The human rights lawyer Razan Zaitouna said 12 people died in the town of al-Numan Maaret, south of the city of Aleppo.
Earlier on Friday, the army sent tanks to the area to disperse the demonstrators. Zaitouna said 11 others were killed in the central city of Homs. The activist said that seven people were killed in Dera, Latakia, suburbs of Damascus and Hama, where Assad's father, the late President Hafez al-Assad sent troops to crush an Islamic revolt in the 1980's.
A home video released by campaigners, who said he was shot in Homs, showed dozens of protesters scattered when the shooting began. A police car appeared in flames in the middle of the street. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had the names of at least 21 protesters dead on Friday.
United States, which he described as brutal repression, sanctions imposed this week President Assad and Barack Obama warned Syria to abandon "the way of murders and mass arrests." The Syrian people have shown their courage to demand a transition to democracy, "Obama said in a speech on U.S.
policy in the Middle East and North Africa." President Assad now has a choice: you can lead the transition or off the road, "he added. Despite the strong words from the White House, the West has taken only small steps to isolate Assad when compared with the bombing campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, also accused of killing protesters. 
The protests took place across Syria, and Lakatia from Banias on the Mediterranean coast, to the oil-producing regions of Deir al-Zor and Qamishli in eastern Kurdish and Hauran plain in the south. Syria has restricted most of the international media since the riots broke out two months ago, making it impossible to independently verify the stories of activists and officials.
"There is no dialogue with tanks," read signs carried by protesters Kurds shouting "azadi", the Kurdish word for freedom, in opposition to promises by the authorities to initiate a national dialogue, a witness said. Protests also erupted in the suburbs of Damascus and the Barzeh district in the capital, where two witnesses as security forces fired on demonstrators and chased through the streets.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, estimates that at least 831 civilians have died since the last nine weeks, began the revolt against the autocratic regime of Assad in the southern city of Dera. According to the Observatory, at least 10 thousand people have been arrested, including hundreds of people in Syria on Friday.
Some protesters were called for freedom activists said, while others called the "overthrow of the regime", the slogan of the revolt that ended the mandates of the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia. The human rights lawyer Razan Zaitouna said 12 people died in the town of al-Numan Maaret, south of the city of Aleppo.
Earlier on Friday, the army sent tanks to the area to disperse the demonstrators. Zaitouna said 11 others were killed in the central city of Homs. The activist said that seven people were killed in Dera, Latakia, suburbs of Damascus and Hama, where Assad's father, the late President Hafez al-Assad sent troops to crush an Islamic revolt in the 1980's.
A home video released by campaigners, who said he was shot in Homs, showed dozens of protesters scattered when the shooting began. A police car appeared in flames in the middle of the street. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had the names of at least 21 protesters dead on Friday.
United States, which he described as brutal repression, sanctions imposed this week President Assad and Barack Obama warned Syria to abandon "the way of murders and mass arrests." The Syrian people have shown their courage to demand a transition to democracy, "Obama said in a speech on U.S.
policy in the Middle East and North Africa." President Assad now has a choice: you can lead the transition or off the road, "he added. Despite the strong words from the White House, the West has taken only small steps to isolate Assad when compared with the bombing campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, also accused of killing protesters.
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