Protests break out in Syrian towns after
Friday prayers
Friday May 20, 2011 11:21:07 PM,
RIA Novosti
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Damascus: Protests broke out in several Syrian towns following Friday
prayers, the local media reported.
Two people were killed and several injured during the protests in
Homs governorate in central Syria. But the police did not open
fire on protesters, a correspondent of the Syrian state TV said in
a report.
Independent Syrian TV channel Ad-Dounia reported that some 400
people hit the streets of the city of Al-Qamishli in northeastern
Syria demanding a speed-up of reforms in the country. Similar
protests were observed in the neighbouring towns of Darbasia and
Amuda.
Protesters in the eastern Syrian city of Abu Kamal set tires on
fire and burnt cars and several motorcycles, the channel reported.
The latest violence came after Syrian President Bashar Assad said
Wednesday that his country had overcome its two-month-long
political crisis.
The Syrian human rights group Sawasiah says more than 800 people
have been killed since the unrest against the country's long-time
ruler began in mid-March.
Syrian authorities claim the protests are being organised by
Islamic extremists seeking to seize power in the country.
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