05:43
societynews[dot] org
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian security forces shot dead five civilians during the funeral, which turned into protests against President Bashar al-Assad, said the Syrian human rights Observatory.
Other people were killed during raids on homes in protest, the rights group said.
Two protesters were killed in Kiswah, 15 kilometers (10 miles) South of Damascus, during the funeral of several protesters who were killed on Friday.
Three civilians were killed in the Barzeh district searches of Damascus, to the West of the city of hims, close to the border with Lebanon, the town of Quseir added the rights group.
"These regions have seen growing protests and the regime is using force to prevent them from spreading" Rami Abdel Rahman, rights group, told Reuters.
Witnesses said at least 200 people were arrested in raids on homes in the Barzeh after protests Friday as part of a growing security clampdown centred on the regions near the capital.
Tens of thousands of Syrians staged protests on Friday that stretched across much of the country. At least 20 civilian demonstrators were killed by security forces using live ammunition, local coordination committees, a group of activists, he said.
Syria has prevented most international journalists from entering the country, making it difficult to verify the accounts by activists and officials.
(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis; Editing by Michael Roddy)
Posted in: 
0 comments:
Post a Comment