Syrian troops claim coastal city from demonstrators challenging rule of President Bashar al-Assad
Reuters in Amman
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 May 2011
"Syrian security forces swept into the coastal city of Banias on Tuesday, a protest leader said, taking control of another urban centre from demonstrators challenging the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
"They moved into the main market area. The army has sealed the northern entrance and security forces [sealed] the south," Anas al-Shughri told Reuters.
"They armed Alawite villages in the hills overlooking Banias and we are now facing militias from the east," he said.
Activists said arrests continued across Syria on Tuesday. Speaking from Egypt, Ammar Qurabi, head of the National Organisation of Human Rights in Syria, said the latest wave of detentions had involved more than 1,000 people...."
Reuters in Amman
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 May 2011
"Syrian security forces swept into the coastal city of Banias on Tuesday, a protest leader said, taking control of another urban centre from demonstrators challenging the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
"They moved into the main market area. The army has sealed the northern entrance and security forces [sealed] the south," Anas al-Shughri told Reuters.
"They armed Alawite villages in the hills overlooking Banias and we are now facing militias from the east," he said.
Activists said arrests continued across Syria on Tuesday. Speaking from Egypt, Ammar Qurabi, head of the National Organisation of Human Rights in Syria, said the latest wave of detentions had involved more than 1,000 people...."
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