![]() ![]() I saw at least six tanks leave the neighborhood at around 8 in the morning (0600 GMT),” Mohamed Saleh told Reuters by telephone. “My house is on the eastern entrance of Baba Amr. Gunshots crackled nearby as two monitors and two men wearing orange vests stood amid a crowd of residents, one begging the team to “come and see they are slaughtering us, I swear.”Īctivist reports just before the monitors arrived said up to a dozen tanks were seen leaving Baba Amr but others were being hidden to fashion a false impression of relative normality in the city while observers were around. The monitor said he was not authorized to make statements. Why don’t you say it to us?” the man shouted, grabbing the unidentified monitor by his jacket. “You were telling the head of the mission that you cannot cross to the second street because of the gunfire. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]() Some protesters shouted “we want international protection” in a video posted on YouTube apparently showing a street encounter with the Arab League observers in which some residents argued and pleaded with them to venture further into the Baba Amr quarter, where clashes have been especially fierce. The demonstration was to denounce the “crimes of the regime” against its people, the Britain-based organization said. They are firing tear gas,” Rami Abdelrahman of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters. They are marching towards the city centre and the security forces are trying to stop them. Syrian authorities fired tear gas on some 70,000 demonstrators who tried to march on a large square in Homs on Tuesday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. SANA state news agency reported, meanwhile, that saboteurs blew up a gas pipeline in Homs province, where Syria’s regime has for months been trying to crush dissent and mutinous soldiers. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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