Affrontements en Syrie : 8 morts à Dael, Qatana, Zabadani et Jableh – 27 mai 2011

Global pressure grows on Syria, clashes kill 8

omantribune.com

28 05 2011

AMMAN Syrian security forces shot dead eight people on Friday, rights campaigners said, as protesters defied a nationwide crackdown by President Bashar Al Assad, which world leaders condemned.

“We have three people killed in the southern town of Dael, three others in the Damascus suburb of Qatana, one in the suburb of Zabadani and another in Jableh, located near the coastal city of Latakia,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Troops also fired at protesters calling for the “overthrow of the regime” in the eastern city of Deir Al Zor, a rights group and residents said.

Leaders at a Group of Eight meeting in France said they were “appalled” at the killing of peaceful protesters, demanding an immediate end to the use of force.

In a communique to be issued later after the G8 summit, the leaders of the seven western powers plus Russia called on Damascus to respond to the Syrian people’s “legitimate demands for freedom”. Read more…