Affrontements à Hama, Damas, Moaddamiya et Homs : 10 morts – 5 août 2011

Syrian troops fire on protesters, 10 dead

indianexpress.com

Sat Aug 06 2011

Security forces opened fire on protesters, killing at least 10, as tens of thousands poured into streets across Syria Friday, chanting for the fall of President Bashar Assad and defying a fierce siege of Hama, where tanks shelled residential districts at dawn.

State media SANA broadcast stark images of destruction in Hama for the first time on Friday, showing burnt buildings, makeshift barricades and deserted streets strewn with rubble, in footage that appeared to designed to show government forces had put down a rebellion in the city.

Protests spread from the capital, Damascus, to the southern province of Daraa. Troops opened fire with live ammunition in several cities, activists said. At least seven people were killed in s Damascus suburb, activists said. They said one person was killed in the suburb of Moaddamiya and two in the central city of Homs.