Syrian Forces Detain Hundreds in Raids, at Checkpoints

Buffalo NewsApril 27, 2011

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Syrian forces heaped more punishment Tuesday on residents of restive towns, detaining hundreds in raids or at checkpoints, firing on people trying to retrieve the bodies of anti-government protesters and even shooting holes in rooftop water tanks in a region parched by drought, witnesses said.

In the southern city of Daraa, where Syrian army tanks and snipers killed at least 34 people in two days, a resident said security forces shot and killed a man as he walked out of the main Omari mosque and shouted at them: "Enough! Enough! Enough! Stop killing your brothers!"

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Syrian Forces Detain Hundreds in Raids, at Checkpoints

The crackdown by President Bashar Assad has intensified since Friday, when more than 100 people were ki...

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