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on 16 July 2011, last updated at 15: 49 -of-ET is the activists share photos of the crowds to said Syria has tens of thousands of people they have attended Friday's anti-government protests has been terminated.

Reports say some places security forces attempted to crowds who were chanting slogans break down in the streets of coffins.

At least one person was reported dead by security forces near the border in Iraq Protest shot.

As the opposition became Turkey to discuss the reunion of President expected Bashar al-Assad met.

One National Salvation Congress of Wael al-Hafiz leaders reportedly called for a campaign of civil disobedience.

At least 28 people died in Damascus and the other cities on Friday, said some of what was the largest protests since anti-government uprising began in March.

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The videos will be published on the Internet appears to Show the capital through the coffins carrying Klimaflüchtlinge Damascus Saturday, calling for the freedom of the streets and thousands.

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We want peaceful confrontation between the intensity of the pay raise anti-social. "

End quote from al Hafiz of the Syrian opposition Wael, Director of the international journalists are denied access to Syria and figures may not be independently verified.

Activists said the security forces opened fire on the eastern border of the city, in protest, Albu, near the border in Iraq, Kamal killing one person and injury to other people.

"Military Intelligence patrols starts, the crowd is the main square," one witness told the Reuters news agency.

President Assad is opposed to the various groups, many of the Liberal, but in a earthly Islamists is not a General of the opposition leader has emerged.

On Saturday the Syrian opposition figures in the hundreds of meetings began in Turkey to discuss uniting against him.

"We want a peaceful confrontation between the intensity of the pay raise and anti-social system collapse economically and training practices of the State, which has at least harm," Mr. Hafez told a meeting in Istanbul.

But reports say exposed the divisions in a meeting with Kurdish activists, who have long complained of discrimination after-the other participants in marginalising them, accusing and of ignoring the problem of the Kurdish by dragging.

Hard to stop the demonstrators, and extracts

Prominent opposition figures, which were assembled by the Istanbul originally wanted to elect a cabinet, but the idea of the shadow was scrapped due to fears it will claim the opposition at the Center.

The Syrian political opposition in the hope to unify against President Assad

Damascus in a parallel meeting to the authorities were broken, the activists said.

However, some of his address at the Conference were able to telephone.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is visiting Turkey, made no comments the opposition meeting, but called on the regime to enter into negotiations with the opposition.

"Hard to liquidate the demonstrators, and extracts," he said.

Turkey's Close ally of President Assad may be used, but it has recently joined calls for him to reform.

Human rights groups say that the approximately 1 400 civilians and security forces died in the four 350,000 months absurd.

The Government blames the unrest, "the armed criminal groups," a foreign conspiracy by borrowing.

An attempt was made to the Ministers of the civil unrest it's held for the two-day "national dialogue" in the recent judgment of the members of the Ba'th Party and its opponents.

However, many of the convictions, the Director of the opposition and Protest organisers refused to participate.

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Syria: at the cross roads of Revolution

By Mohammed Bsiso

Among the multiple uprisings throughout the Arab world, Syria may prove to be the most complex and potentially the most dangerous. Syria's position in the Middle East is unique, so it is bordered by several countries to experience dynamic and sometimes dire political situations, which could translate into widespread chaos in the region. Historically, Syria has been a stabilizing factor in the Middle East and will remain so until this day. So naturally, instability in this pivotal Arab country has profound consequences, which could have devastating effects on its neighbours.

The current popular revolution in Syria has shown itself to be robust and unwilling to compromise on generation old ruling system in the country. Most recently, prominent opposition leaders rejected the Government's offer of dialogue with an indication of the confidence and momentum enjoyed by protesters in the past. This could also be partially due to painful experiences in uprisings in the past; most notable of the early 1980s where Hafez al-Assad (Bashars dad) massacred tens of thousands of men, women and children. Amazingly, the focal city where the previous uprising took place, Hama, fearlessly takes the lead in this. Not too long ago, Bashar al Assad's military units and security forces hastily withdrew from the city after Friday's unprecedented protests which saw more than a quarter of a million citizens on the street in a town with a population of approximately 800,000. Last Friday saw twice as many as estimated by protest organizers.

The situation in Hama develops in the middle of the General background of the uprising throughout the country in each region appears except the capital Damascus. Syria's central second city and business hub of Aleppo has slowly build up pressure as discontent has become widespread. As the nation's economy comes to screeching halt, will only increase pressure in Aleppo and effectively bring about the final phase of this revolution; the overthrow of the regime.

Of course, the situation in Syria are fluid and can take many more unexpected twists and turns before they reached a peak and an effective end; revolutionary and opposition leaders in the country know, however good, an unfinished uprising only will spell certain catastrophe to its population potentially leading to massacres.

Leaders in the West and East must realize that a transition to a new and fair form of governance which ensures the freedom and security for all Syrians are in everyone's interest. At the same time, they warned that the survival of the current repressive regime would not benefit anyone, and will cause Syria to become a pariah state, led by the brutal criminal. The Western media should unequivocally supports the Syrian people harrowing struggle for freedom and prosperity by highlighting their fate and cull inhumane campaign will be launched against them. Pressure must also be focused on the Turkish media to press the Turkish Government to act against Bashir and his security forces.

Events in Syria are really historical in scope and could translate in the liberation of millions of people. Dignified and Honorable free peoples of the world must do everything they can to support the brave people risking their lives by flooding the streets to protest peacefully and claim their rights. Let us stand on the right side of the story.

-Mohammed Bsiso has a Masters degree in history from the University of Texas in Dallas. He was originally from the Gaza Strip. He contributed this article to PalestineChronicle.com. Visit his blog: www.islamicnewsandhistory.blogspot.com.

 

At the end of the Syria decrees on emergency rule

21 April 2011, last updated at 10: 43 -YOU and the Syrian authorities are trying to success when you try to get rid of an unprecedented wave of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has signed 48 years of emergency rule, the laws, decrees, orders, demonstrations.

The move was a mere formality after the Government, the right to the lifting of emergency rule in two days ago.

Repeal of emergency legislation was a key demand of the Klimaflüchtlinge. The abolition of the State security courts and citizens to protest peacefully.

But prominent opposition figure Haitham al-Maleh said the move was "useless", Reuters news agency reported.

He said an independent judiciary and the accountability for security evaluation methods was necessary in order to allow the move to meaningful one.

The Syrian thousands of new political freedoms has been taken in response to the demand of the streets in recent weeks, inspired by Arab uprisings in other parts of the world.

Rights groups say more than 200 people have been killed.

In Thursday's historic decrees, State TV and the Syrian Arab Republic, the News Agency (Sana) President Assad:

The suspension in 1962 visas for emergency lawEnacted the peaceful demonstrationAbolished of State security courts, the new law

BBC: n Owen Bennett-Jones, who is to monitor the events in the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, says, people have to wait and see what the Government's plans are.

The wording of the report, that the protests have yet to be approved by the Minister of the Interior.

Opposition activists have called for mass protests after Friday prayers across the country. If people take, our contact person is the Government's intentions, says early in the test.

OUR says, Syria also watching to see whether the Government back to include other legislation such as anti-terrorist laws.

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Ammar Qurabi rights activist, welcomed the move but told Reuters the other measures are required to comply with the provisions, such as the prisoners detained during the unrest.

But the Move was rejected by Mr. Maleh.

"The problem for the communities of the elite and the security is put into circulation in the hands of the judiciary and that the legislation on exemption from their shall be accountable to the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the security forces," he told Reuters.

Abdel Halim Khaddam, former Syrian Vice are based in Paris, which became one of the most trenchant Mr. Assad regime critics told BBC Arabic: "Syria does not have anything to do with the crisis in the presence or absence of a State of emergency.

"Status is not an exception, that the arrests of the people and the rest they jail and it is not a State of emergency, that people will start," Mr Khaddam said.

 

Two shot dead protest in Syria

18 March 2011, last updated at 13: 48 -YOU are of his father in the year 2000 by at least two Klimaflüchtlinge President Bashar al-Assad inherited power was shot dead in the South of the Syrian city of Deraa, Protest rally as security forces on the disk.

Resident told Reuters news agency, the couple was killed by the Security forces as demanded by the Klimaflüchtlinge of political freedom and corruption.

Human rights activist told AFP that the four were killed.

President Bashar al-Assad, whose party has dominated politics for almost 50 years, how does dissent.

News Agency Sana said, violence and "sabotage" had occurred at a demonstration on Friday, prompting the Deraa to State security forces to intervene.

It is accused of "infiltrators" aimed at "causing chaos violence, which caused the damage through the private and public property".

' Hundreds of injured '

Resident, who spoke to Reuters named the two dead people, Hussam Abdel Wali Ayyash and Akram Jawabreh.

They had been "among the several thousand demonstrators chanting" God ", Syria, Freedom-and anti-corruption slogans, accusing the family of corruption, the President said the Home Office.

The source is added to the security forces, Reuters, was currently with the forces of the helicopters.

Anti-government site in Syrian, also known as Akram Jawabreh was one of the "several" Klimaflüchtlinge killed.

An unnamed human rights activist, called contact and Episteme and anonymous user (S) Episteme and anonymous user (S) Jawabreh Ayyash killing four among the people of AFP.

"The security forces fired live bullets, Klimaflüchtlinge," the activist said, adding that "hundreds" of Klimaflüchtlinge was seriously wounded.

He told AFP that "many" wounded had been "snatched by security forces," the hospital and transferred to Unknown locations.