Syrians protest as monitors tour Homs
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December 28, 2011, Wednesday
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At least 20,000 people protested in Homs yesterday against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as Arab League peace monitors began to tour the flashpoint city and the army withdrew some tanks following battles that killed 34 people.
The observers want to determine if Assad is keeping his promise to implement a peace plan to end his uncompromising crackdown on nine months of revolt that has generated an armed uprising, edging the country towards civil war.
The monitors started their tour by meeting the governor of Homs. Activist reports just before the monitors arrived said up to a dozen tanks were seen leaving Baba Amr, one of Homs's most embattled neighborhoods.
Activists say they want to impress on the Arab League mission not to be hoodwinked by the state and be shown places where life is relatively normal.
Hundreds have been killed in Homs in the revolt. The United Nations says at least 5,000 have been killed in Syria since protests began in March. Assad says he is fighting Islamist terrorism steered from abroad.
On the border with Turkey, Syrian forces killed several men from an "armed terrorist group" trying to cross into Syria, state-owned news agency SANA said.
The observers want to determine if Assad is keeping his promise to implement a peace plan to end his uncompromising crackdown on nine months of revolt that has generated an armed uprising, edging the country towards civil war.
The monitors started their tour by meeting the governor of Homs. Activist reports just before the monitors arrived said up to a dozen tanks were seen leaving Baba Amr, one of Homs's most embattled neighborhoods.
Activists say they want to impress on the Arab League mission not to be hoodwinked by the state and be shown places where life is relatively normal.
Hundreds have been killed in Homs in the revolt. The United Nations says at least 5,000 have been killed in Syria since protests began in March. Assad says he is fighting Islamist terrorism steered from abroad.
On the border with Turkey, Syrian forces killed several men from an "armed terrorist group" trying to cross into Syria, state-owned news agency SANA said.
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