Affrontement à درعا Deraa : 5 morts – 18 mars 2011
5 protesters killed in Syria, activist says
statesman.com
18 03 2011
BEIRUT — Although Assad keeps a tight lid on any form of political dissent, he is seen by many Arabs as one of the few leaders in the region willing to stand up to Israel.
Assad told The Wall Street Journal in February that Syria is insulated from the upheaval in the Arab world because he understands his people’s needs and has united them in common cause against Israel.
Also Friday, eight Syrian human rights groups said a prosecutor had questioned and charged dozens of demonstrators with hurting the state’s image.
The groups said the 32 activists denied the charges. They included four relatives of political prisoner Kamal Labawani, who is serving a 12-year prison sentence.
The activists were detained Wednesday when plainclothes security officers armed with batons dispersed a protest near the Interior Ministry demanding the release of political prisoners.
Syrie: affrontements entre manifestants et policiers, selon la télévision
nouvelobs.com
18 03 2011
BEYROUTH (AP) — Les forces de sécurité syriennes ont dispersé des manifestants dans deux villes du pays vendredi, selon les médias d’Etat. C’est la première reconnaissance officielle de l’existence de qui apparaît comme le plus important mouvement de protestation depuis des années dans l’un des Etats les plus répressifs du Moyen-Orient.
Des vidéos amateurs publiées sur les sites de partage YouTube et Twitter montrent d’importants groupes de manifestants dans plusieurs villes de Syrie mais l’authenticité de ces documents n’a pas encore pu être déterminée.
La télévision d’Etat a déclaré que des « infiltrateurs » avaient causé « le chaos et des émeutes », cassé des voitures et endommagé des propriétés dans la ville de Deraa (sud) avant d’être chassés par la police. Une manifestation similaire aurait été dispersée sans incident dans la ville côtière de Banias (nord-ouest). Lire la suite…
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Protesters killed in Syria clashes
abc.net.au
Reports from Syria say at least three people have been killed and scores injured in clashes between protesters and security personnel in the city of Deraa.
Video footage posted on various websites shows large crowds said to be in Deraa chanting slogans against corruption.
Reports from the city say the authorities responded with waters cannon and live fire, killing at least three people and wounding many more.
The official news agency in Syria said infiltrators in Deraa had provoked chaos and set cars and shops on fire, thereby obliging the security forces to intervene.
There are also reports of protests elsewhere in the country and security officials broke up a demonstration after Friday prayers in the main mosque in Damascus.
Information
Daraa (Arabic: درعا), also Darʿā, , Deraa, Dera (« fortress », compare Dura-Europos) and Derʿā, is a city in southwestern Syria, near the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Daraa Governorate, known throughout history as the Hauran region. The city is located about 100 km south of Damascus.
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