AMMAN - Protests against President Bashar Assad erupted in several Syrian cities on Friday, activists said, and the Arab League chief said he feared the bloody unrest could degenerate into a civil war with ill effects for the wider region.
Security forces killed one demonstrator in the northwestern town of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Syrians determined to end four decades of Assad family rule have kept up protests since March despite a fierce crackdown by Assad's military and security forces that the United Nations says has cost more than 5,000 lives.
