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Rights group: Syrian forces kill 20 across country

By REUTERS

JULY 30, 2011 02:24

AMMAN - Syrian forces shot dead at least 20 civilians in attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations across the country on Friday, the Syrian human rights organization Sawasiah said.

"The security forces are continuing violent repression against peaceful demonstrations demanding freedom and the downfall of the regime, firing live ammunition at most protests all over Syria on Friday," the independent organization said in a statement sent to Reuters.

Sawasiah said it had the names of 20 people killed in the coastal city of Latakia, the central cities of Hama and Homs, in the southern city of Deraa, the capital Damascus, its rural environs, in the suburbs of Douma and Qadam, the town of Kiswa to the south and in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor.

Residents said armed resistance erupted on Friday against President Bashar al-Assad's forces in several neighborhoods of Deir al-Zor after the killing of five protesters.

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