33 Civilians, 7 Regime Troops Killed as Syria Violence Rages
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Army defectors on Tuesday killed seven members of Syria's security forces in retaliation for an attack that cost the lives of 11 civilians, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as the Local Coordination Committees said Syrian forces shot dead 33 civilians across the country on Tuesday.
The LCC, the main activist group spurring protests on the ground, said security forces shot dead 20 people in the northwestern province of Idlib, seven in the central province of Hama, four in the central region of Homs and two in the southern province of Daraa.
"Seven security force members were killed in an ambush by deserters on a convoy patrolling the Idlib-Bab al-Hawa road in response to the martyrdom of 11 civilians this morning," the Observatory said in a statement received by Agence France Presse.
Security forces backed by pro-regime Shabiha militiamen killed 11 people and wounded dozens of others in two villages of northwestern Idlib province, the Observatory said in an earlier statement.
"Eleven people were killed and dozens others wounded Tuesday by gunfire from security forces and the Shabiha in the areas of Maarret Masrin and Kfar Yahmul," the Britain-based group said.
And state-run SANA news agency said guards shot dead two "terrorist" infiltrators who were attempting to enter Syria from across the northern border with Turkey.
"Border guards' forces in Idlib today foiled an infiltration attempt by an armed terrorist group into the Syrian lands through Ain al-Bayda site of Badama, Idlib" province, said SANA.
"Border Guards' forces clashed with 15 terrorists... killing two of them and wounding the others," said the report in English.
Syria on December 6 reported its forces thwarted a similar infiltration bid by "armed terrorist groups" in the same area, saying an unspecified number of the 35 gunmen were wounded and the rest fled back to Turkey.
Turkey says that around 7,500 Syrians have fled across the border with its southern neighbor in the face of a bloody protest crackdown the United Nations estimates has killed more than 5,000 people since mid-March.
Colonel Riyadh al-Asaad, who heads the Free Syrian Army, is based in a Turkish border camp and, unlike some other dissidents, has called for foreign air strikes.
13 December 2011, 14:34
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It is conforting to see that the Syrian regime's forces are becoming less able to commit their crimes with impunity.
13 December 2011, 16:42
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MOWATEN, you want the suni Syrians to be killed, raped, tortured and never shoot back right!?!? if bashar uses chemical weapons to wipe out all the sunis in Syria you would be more than happy right?!?!? Didnt your nasralah bless the Libyan revolution that was supported by NATO you hypocrite??!?! And who gave you iraq?? wasnt it the US!??!? go clean your hypocrisy before you preach..did the libyans fight with hugs and roses?!?!? why arent the Syrians allowed to be free and fight for their freedom!?!?? TUK MOOT..قل موتوا بغيظكم إن الله عليم بزات الصدور"...BRAVO FREE SYRIAN ARMY!!
13 December 2011, 16:43
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how can anyone expect that people continue being killed by the syrian regime without defending themselves is beyond my comprehension!
13 December 2011, 23:28
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may i remind you mowaten that the assad regime never fired a single shot to free its territory and your friends call it a resistant country...
may i remind you that israel accepted this regime only if they accepted never to take back the golan heights...
so your bachar may also be labeled as an israeli puppet...
and you are supporting a regime that harmed lebanon more than israel...but in your minds israel is an enemy but never the assad regime which your friends thanked for everything, stockholm syndrom maybe....
for normal people both are enemies no double standards as M8!
14 December 2011, 02:39
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Just a simple question to all of you, when will you learn at least for once, to stop fighting just because each one of u follows certain parties or has his own political views. I see what's happening in Syria affects all Lebanon negatively whether you are Christian or Muslim, and let's not go into sunni and shiaa, or maronite or catholics... Shame on you all, there's not once Lebanese ppl were united , and will never be united, because u will never have the freedom of speech, neither have ur own believes, you are just following those politicians that ruined lebanon for decades, and made millions of dollars... What's happening in Syria, is much bigger than you confirming whether opposition or Bashar is doing good. It's a big game where the stronger would win, a big political game manipulated by powerful countries...Whether it's a civilian dying or a syrian or a member of the army, after all, they belong to the same country and same families.
