Tens of thousands of Syrians braved tear gas and gunfire to protest across the country Friday, AP reported, demanding an end to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Activists said that at least 37 people have been killed today.
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At least 52 people were killed by security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said, most of them in Homs which has come under a heavy attack today. Warning: includes graphic footage.
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Syrian took to the streets in large numbers today, a day they called “Friday of Marching to Freedom Squares,” as Arab League observers continued their mission by visiting more cities. At least 35 people were killed today, activists said. Warning: includes graphic footage.
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Observers sent by the Arab League visited the restive city of Homs today, while the crackdown on protesters continued there and in other parts of the country. Activists said at least 39 people were killed by government security forces today. Warning: includes graphic content.
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Twin car bombs ripped through the morning calm of Damascus on Friday, killing at least 40 people. The government accused terrorists groups; the opposition accused the government of plotting the attack. Warning: includes graphic content.
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At least 35 people were killed by security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said, as an advance team Arab League officials arrived to Damascus to lay the groundwork for Arab monitors to implement the Arab League peace plan. Warning: includes graphic content.
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The Syrian National Council, Syrian’s main opposition coalition, said about 250 people have been killed since Monday, and called for emergency meetings of the UN Security Council and the Arab League to discuss the intensifying violence in the north-western area of the country. (Graphic content)
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In one of the bloodies days since the uprising started 9 months ago, more than 100 people were killed across Syria. On the same day, the government signed an Arab League initiative that will allow Arab observers into the country. Warning: includes graphic content.
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For rebels from a country Al Jazeera called, as late as February, a “kingdom of silence,” the problem was how to gain a voice and shape a political message which would be heard above the noise of global events. By default, that message became a morality play about the Assad regime. Despite Al Jazeera’s equivocations, Assad was shown to be no different from the corrupt despots of Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya who were pulled down by their own people. Syria belonged with the great Arab uprisings of 2011.
That was the message. From the first, the voice was the literal voice of the Syrian people, magnified by YouTube. The regime’s total control over the country’s media, and its expulsion of foreign journalists, were circumvented by a barrage of cell phone videos which found their way to the web.Click the title to read more….
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