Syria Crackdown Escalates, Spreads -- Washington Post
BEIRUT — The Syrian regime tightened its grip on protest hot spots around the country Sunday, dispatching tanks into the town of Tafas in the south and continuing to shoot and detain citizens in other locations, part of a relentless crackdown aimed at suppressing a seven-week-old revolt.
At least 14 people were killed in the morning in the major city of Homs in central Syria, apparently by sharpshooters deployed on tall buildings who have been firing at anyone who stepped outside, according to Wissam Tarif of the human rights group Insan. Tanks moved into the city Friday in a bid to quell protests that erupted there after noon prayers.
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