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More than 200 bodies have been found in basements and houses, and most were killed "execution-style" by troops on house-to-house raids.
Syrian security forces shot dead at least 30 demonstrators on Friday during protests that broke out across the country.
The United States may close its embassy in Damascus to the public due to fears of violence, a US spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The Syrian authorities' arrest of a opposition figure suggests that a Bill passed to end emergency rule after 48 years will not halt repression.
Syria's Al-Assad is arguably a war criminal, the US's Hillary Clinton admitted, as the UN said his forces had killed more than 7 500 civilians.
More than 200 bodies have been found in basements and houses, and most were killed "execution-style" by troops on house-to-house raids.
Syrian tanks fired on low-income Sunni Muslim districts in the city of Latakia on Tuesday, the fourth day of an assault which has killed 36 people.
An armoured Syrian force surrounded a town near the city of Homs on Monday and fired heavy machineguns after the defection of soldiers in the area.
