Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Unrest In Syria -- News Updates April 13, 2011



Syrian Forces Attack Two Villages Near Baniyas -- Washington Post

CAIRO — Two northern Syrian villages near the Mediterranean port of Baniyas came under fierce attack by government forces Tuesday, according to witnesses and activists, as President Bashar al-Assad’s government intensified efforts to suppress an apparently strengthening protest movement.

An unknown number of protesters were killed and many more injured, according to people reached by telephone in Syria. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency also reported that seven of the nine soldiers killed in street battles near Baniyas on Sunday were buried Tuesday.

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More News On The Unrest In Syria

Syria: 'Dozens injured' in Baniyas as arrests continue -- BBC
Syria Presses Crackdown in Two Cities on Coast -- New York Times
Syria Cracks Down on Two Coastal Towns -- New York Magazine
Syrian security forces attack village -- Al Jazeera
Syrian soldiers shot for refusing to fire on protesters -- The Guardian
Syria blocked injured from medical care, group says -- CNN
Video Shows Syria Clash From Two Angles -- The Lede/New York Times
UN human rights office voices deep concern about killings in Syria -- UN News Centre
Mapping Syria's protests -- Al Jazeera
White House finally condemns Syria -- The Guardian
Unrest in Syria: No end in sight -- The Economist
If Assad falls, we will see all the region's alliances unravel -- Oatrick Seale, the Guardian

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