{"id":1738,"date":"2011-09-23T15:33:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T15:33:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-23T15:33:18","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T15:33:18","slug":"syria-violence-rages-as-regime-blocks-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ado-world.com\/en\/syria-violence-rages-as-regime-blocks-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Violence Rages as Regime Blocks Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"
Security forces join civilians in paying high price of rising violence, stubbornness of Assad regime.
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\nADO-World.org
\n<\/strong>22-September-2011<\/p>\n

DAMASCUS – Syria said on Thursday that "terrorists" had killed five security force members and wounded 17 in the restive area of Daraa while pro-democracy activists said three civilians were killed in Homs, another hub of protest against President Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n

Activists also said the authorities had blocked mobile phone signals and the internet in parts of Damascus province, at Saqba, Jisrin, Kafar Batna, Hamurieh and Ain Tarma.<\/p>\n

Organisers of the protests against the Assad regime have used their Facebook page, "The Syrian revolution 2011," to rally support for their cause.<\/p>\n

The activists said the move against communications coincided with a call by militants for a Friday demonstration under the banner "Unity of the Opposition", to overthrow the regime which they termed "a national duty".<\/p>\n

The main Muslim day of prayer has seen weekly protests against the regime, with thousands of protesters surging into city streets to be met with a harsh crackdown by security forces.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the official news agency SANA said: "Five members of the security forces have been killed and 17 wounded in an ambush mounted by some armed terrorist groups on the road from Tiba".<\/p>\n

The area is in the southern Daraa province which was one of the main springboards of opposition to the authorities when protests began on March 15 this year.<\/p>\n

Damascus does not accept any popular opposition to the authorities, saying instead that "armed gangs" and "terrorists" are trying to sow chaos in the country.<\/p>\n

Local Coordination Committees (LCC) have joined a National Council of opposition which was formed at the end of August during an Islamist-inspired meeting in neighbouring Turkey.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the LCC reported that three civilians had been killed in Homs, while in Daeel, security forces opened fire on a group of students from different schools, with some being wounded and several arrested.<\/p>\n

It said the students were aged under 15 and that tanks were now deployed in front of the Daeel public high school.<\/p>\n

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that hidden gunmen had opened fire and killed a civilian in Homs. It was not clear whether this was a separate killing.<\/p>\n

In Daraa province, security reinforcements had arrived in the towns of Jezah and Tayebeh, the LCC said, while security forces had deployed in Nabu area in suburban Damascus.<\/p>\n

According to another LCC report, security agents, troops and pro-regime militia in Homs had spread a "a climate of terror" since late last Monday "searching houses street by street, kidnapping many young people and taking them to a stadium that they had transformed into a prison".<\/p>\n

Western governments have sought to increase pressure on Assad and on Wednesday US President Barack Obama called on the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Syria.<\/p>\n

In Geneva, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the death toll from the regime’s bloody crackdown on protesters since mid-March rose to more than 2,700 people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Middle East Online<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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