Syrian Opposition Hopes For Coup As Sanctions, Protests Grind On -- L.A. Times
The uprising is testing whether public anger over the collapsing economy and deadly crackdown will break the government before security forces break the nonviolent protest movement.
Reporting from Beirut — Almost half a year into Syria's deadly military campaign against street protesters, the United States and Europe remained locked in a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure to respond to the violence and try to push President Bashar Assad from power.
Leaders of Syria's protest movement stay locked into their own strategy as well. Each day, they stage sit-ins and unarmed marches that are met by gunfire and, in some cases, tank assaults. Security forces stage house-to-house raids.
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Syrian troops make arrests in manhunt for defector -- AP
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Red Cross chief visits Syria as killings continue -- The Guardian
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