Syrian City Braces for Promised Military Reprisal -- Wall Street Journal
A town barren of residents in Syria's northwest has become the latest focal point of struggle in the country's uprising, where young activists bracing to battle the army may mark a new phase of confrontation in the protest movement against President Bashar al-Assad.
On Wednesday, residents of Jisr al-Shoghour said armored vehicles surrounded the town from four spots, stopping at about 40 kilometers (25 miles) away. The residents, young activists who say they are among just a few thousand left in the town, have waited warily for almost 48 hours after the government vowed a military reprisal against the town to root out armed terrorists. They say they have helped evacuate families and are hiding defected soldiers, who are preparing to fight the army, in homes.
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