Syrian troops in tanks and armoured vehicles poured into the southern town Deraa and opened fire on Monday.
Syrian forces killed at least 12 people on Saturday when they fired on mourners calling for the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Syrian security forces killed almost 90 protesters on Friday, activists said, the bloodiest day in a month of escalating pro-democracy demonstrations.
The Syrian authorities’ arrest of a opposition figure suggests that a Bill passed to end emergency rule after 48 years will not halt repression.
Thousands demanded the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday at the funeral of eight protesters killed in the central city of Homs.
Protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad swept into the Damascus for the first time since a wave of unrest began to put pressure on his rule.
Syrian forces killed at least six people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Deraa.
The United States told the Syrian government on Thursday it was committed to seeking a peace deal between Syria and Israel.
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/ 29 October 2008
The United States may close its embassy in Damascus to the public due to fears of violence, a US spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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Syria accused Israel on Thursday of bombing its territory and warned it could respond, but Israel Radio carried a denial there had been an air strike. The official Syrian news agency said there were no casualties or damage and that Syrian air defences fired on the incoming planes shortly after midnight.