A still photo taken from a video uploaded on YouTube yesterday showed Syrian forces deploying in the Qabun district of Damascus. Protests took place across the country.
(AFP/Getty Images)
At least 24 killed in Syria as troops fire on protesters
Several children reportedly among the casualties
A still photo taken from a video uploaded on YouTube yesterday showed Syrian forces deploying in the Qabun district of Damascus. Protests took place across the country.
(AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian security forces fired on anti-government demonstrations across the country yesterday, killing at least 24 people - including several children - as the regime tries to choke off a 9-month-old uprising, activists said. Some of the worst violence was reported in Homs, a city in central Syria that has emerged as the epicenter of the revolt against President Bashar Assad.
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