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Syrian forces fire at protesters in Deir al-Zor

By REUTERS

AUGUST 12, 2011 14:28

AMMAN - Syrian forces fired live ammunition at protesters coming out of a main mosque after Friday Prayers in the besieged city of Deir al-Zor, witnesses said, as protests against Syrian President Bashar Assad broke out elsewhere in the country.

"Military Intelligence directed their AK-47s at the mosque, hitting the main air-conditioning unit, which caught fire. The whole neighborhood is echoing with the sound of bullets," said one of the witnesses, an engineer in the Ordi district who lives near Harwil Mosque.

"Worshipers are running to take cover in alleyways," he said by phone from Deir al-Zor, capital of an oil-producing province on the border with Iraq.

Syrian authorities have banned independent media, making it difficult to verify events on the ground.

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