Seven Killed in Syria, 150 Arrested in Damascus Suburb
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Syrian security forces killed seven people, including a woman who died under torture, and arrested more than 150 others over the past 24 hours, activists said on Wednesday.
Four people were killed in the protest hub of Homs in central Syria and two demonstrators were killed in Talbisseh, north of the city, by security forces Wednesday, said the Local Coordination Committees which groups activists on the ground.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that a 28-year-old woman who was arrested a week ago died under torture in the city of Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday.
In Palmyra, 245 kilometers east of Damascus, one person who was wounded at a funeral a fortnight ago also died.
Military and security forces arrested 27 people in the Harasta suburb of Damascus Wednesday morning, after sealing off the district and arresting 120 people the previous day, the Observatory added.
The industrial district, 10 kilometers northeast of Damascus, has been the scene of protests since anti-regime protests broke out in mid-March.
Rallies erupted Tuesday night in the Damascus suburbs of Douma, Daraya, Kanaker, Zabadani, Madaya and Kisweh, witnesses said.
European nations and the United States pressed Wednesday for U.N. sanctions against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his entourage for their deadly crackdown on opposition protests.
24 August 2011, 19:21
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Hezbollah is backing the government of Syria. Don't forget that!!!!
24 August 2011, 20:46
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Nasrallah must have a boner over such rampant acts of savagery.
24 August 2011, 20:47
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Damascus and Aleppo.....RISE and take your country from the grip of evil!!!! There will be blood, but there will be glory in the end!!!!!
24 August 2011, 22:13
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what a shame the syrian army killing their own people and celebrating as if they freed Golan heights from Israel, but they were not trained for that the only thing they were formed for is to protect the Assad family, I wish they were so brave when Israel attacked lebanon at that time they were running like rats and they were changing their military clothes just not to be recognized, At the end of the day the voice of the people will be heard and those who are trying to silence them at one point will not be able to do it.
25 August 2011, 03:07
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A terrorist regime that has a history of massacring normal citizens deserve nothing but non-peaceful revolt and terror, The rebels of Libya used weapons to get rid of the 40yrs regime, The syrian people should do the same to fight terror with terror as an eye for an eye or else the children/innocent people and normal citizens will be dying daily..
25 August 2011, 03:14
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If the only weapon the West decide to use is Sanctions against Assad regime, then the number of casualties in Syria will grow exponentially.
Assad is becoming more and more assured that the West will NOT use the same tactics that proved successful in Libya, therefore Assad feels emboldened to defy the West and forge ahead with his campaign of terror.
The West should take notice that Iran faced harsher sanctions, to no avail, which did not deter the Mullahs from conducting their savageries.
The west should call Assad's bluff, turn the flotilla toward the Syrian shores and cause the removal of its leadership by sheer force, it is the only language Assad understands - Hama's rule
25 August 2011, 13:15
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It looks like the world has lost interest in Syria and Assad will survive. Casualties are declining and the army seems to be stabilizing.
25 August 2011, 16:01
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@bennie
On the contray!
What recently happened in Lybia is putting more pressure on Bashar!
The world only has eyes on him now!
3 totalitarian regimes cannot collapse while Bashar keeps on drinking pinakoladas while executing his own people!
Several states have recently called Bashar to resign!
The Us implemented new economical sanctions on Syria!
Europe is discussing an oil ban!
Visa cards have stoped in Syria!
The revolt is spreading in more and more villages!
China and Russi even started raisong their voices!
This will be a long process. The situation is not the same as in Lybia. Syrian people are not armed. In my opinion, some opportunist will assasinate Bashar, and the sand castle will collapse!
another thing that would accelerate the process is if Aleppo and Damascus rise up... this is in the hands of the people...
25 August 2011, 18:12
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why is that guy sleeping on the ground?isnt he of the goverment crack down.
25 August 2011, 18:12
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why is that guy sleeping on the ground?isnt he scared of the goverment crack down
