Unrest In Syria -- News Updates June 7, 2011

Syrian Government Vows Bloody Retaliation Against Town Where Police Were Killed -- The Daily Mail

* State television reports 120 police and security forces dead after armed struggle with activists

Fears are mounting in Syria that there will be a major military attack in a northern region where clashes between rebels and government troops left 120 members of security forces dead.

The government has vowed to respond 'decisively' to the violence in Jisr al-Shughour, triggering fears of an even more brutal crackdown by a regime known for ruthlessly crushing dissent.

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More News On the Unrest In Syria

Syria: What really happened in Jisr al-Shughour? -- BBC
Mutinous Syrian soldiers behind deaths in north -- Yahoo News/AP
Syria to send army to town after scores killed -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Syrian troops head to 'massacre' site amid calls for demos-- Yahoo News/AFP
Syria town of Jisr al-Shughour braces for army assault -- BBC
In Syria: 'City Of Ghosts' Waits For Government Forces To Attack -- NPR
'Major Military Operation' Expected In Syria -- NPR
Syrian town fears reprisals after clashes -- Financial Times
Activists: Syria sending army to town after 120 security officials reportedly killed -- Haaretz
Syrians in Tense North Flee, Fearing New Crackdown -- New York Times/AP
Fearing Brutal Backlash, Syrians Flee Northern Town -- NPR
Syria says protesters killed security forces -- Washington Post
120 Policemen Reported Killed in Syrian Town -- Voice of America
Syrian regime and protest groups give different accounts of clashes -- The Telegraph

SYRIA: Big cities remain ambivalent as regime brutality takes its toll -- L.A. Times
In Damascus, uprising against regime brings fundamental changes -- L.A. Times
Popular resistance takes root amid Syria regime crackdown -- The Australian/Times
France slams Assad over crackdown -- Financial Times
Rights groups accuses Syrian regime of crimes against humanity -- CNN
Syrian groups ask Hague court to probe killings -- Reuters

Syria Braces for a New Massacre, But Don't Expect the West to Do Another Libya -- Tony Karon, Time
The BBC swallows Assad-controlled Syria media rubbish whole. Then reports it as news -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph
Bashar Assad's savage repression of Syrian people unwittingly makes case for strong Israeli borders -- New York Daily News editorial
Meet the Syrian Opposition. It's the most liberal and Western-friendly of the Arab Spring uprisings. -- Michael Weiss, Slate
Out of the Shadow of Fear. A rare inside look at Syria, a land where the regime rules with a murderous impunity. -- Asne Seierstad, Newsweek