Affrontements en Syrie : 15 morts à Rastan – 2 juin 2011
Syrian forces kill 13 in besieged town – activists
reuters.com
Thu Jun 2, 2011 11:33pm GMT
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Syrian forces killed at least 13 civilians in the central town of Rastan on Thursday, activists said, in the latest attempt to quell a revolt against the 11-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Assad’s legitimacy had « nearly run out » and called for a more united international response to the crackdown in Syria.
Syria’s exiled opposition, meeting in Turkey, urged Assad to resign immediately and hand power to the vice president until a council is formed to oversee a transition to democracy.
« The delegates have committed to the demands of the Syrian people to bring down the regime and support the people’s revolution for freedom and dignity, » said a communique issued by 300 opposition figures after two days of talks in Antalya.
Security forces backed by tanks have laid siege to Rastan, a town of 60,000, since Sunday in an effort to crush protests.
The 13 dead were shot by snipers and troops who imposed a curfew, Ammar Qurabi, head of the Syrian National Organisation for Human Rights, and lawyer Razan Zaitouna told Reuters. Read more…
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