Protesters killed in Syrian town of Daraa
At least 27 deaths reported in flashpoint southern town as fresh pro-democracy demonstrations rock the country.
Al-Jazeera
"Syrian security forces have killed at least 27 demonstrators in the southern city of Daraa, amid fresh protests against the rule of Bashar al-Assad, hospital sources and witnesses told Reuters news agency. The deaths occurred after Friday prayers when security forces opened fire with rubber-coated bullets and live rounds to disperse stone-throwing protesters, a witness told Al Jazeera. In the east, thousands of ethnic Kurds also demonstrated for reform despite the Syrian president's offer this week to ease rules which bar many Kurds from citizenship. Similar protests erupted in the western port city of Latakia and in Homs, near the Lebanese border. Gunfire was also heard in Harasta, a suburb of the capital, Damascus....."
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