Monday, March 28, 2011

Syria: Security Forces Fire on Protesters

Human Rights Watch
Death Toll at Least 61 in Daraa Region, 12 in Latakia
March 27, 2011

(London) - Syria's security forces used live ammunition against protesters in Daraa and the surrounding villages of Sanmein and Tafas on March 25 and 26, 2011, killing at least 26 and bringing the death toll in the Daraa governorate reported by Syrian human rights activists since March 18 to at least 61, Human Rights Watch said today. Clashes between security forces and protesters in the coastal city of Latakia on March 26 killed another 12, according to Syria's state news agency.

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