{"id":419841,"date":"2011-05-09T02:58:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T02:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/09\/deadly-clashes-erupt-in-restive-syrian-city\/"},"modified":"2011-05-09T02:58:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T02:58:14","slug":"deadly-clashes-erupt-in-restive-syrian-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/09\/deadly-clashes-erupt-in-restive-syrian-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly clashes erupt in restive Syrian city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"76.5032521836\">\n<div readability=\"68.3703703704\">\n<p>Released by the Syrian Arab News Agency on Sunday, this photo shows a funeral procession for a Syrian police officer.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NEW:<\/strong> Syrian government says armed groups killed six security personnel<\/li>\n<li>A 12-year-old boy was killed, an activist said<\/li>\n<li>Protests in Syria have raged since mid-March<\/li>\n<li>Amnesty says security forces have killed hundreds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>(CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; A 12-year-old boy was killed on Sunday when Syrian soldiers fired at a crowd in the city of Homs, according to Rami Abdul-Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul-Rahman, who is not in Syria but is in contact with activists and protesters there, said several people were killed and wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian government, meanwhile, reported the deaths of three soldiers and three security officers during clashes with &#8220;armed terrorist groups&#8221; in the Daraa, Homs and Banias regions.<\/p>\n<p>It said &#8220;terrorists&#8221; were killed and wounded, scores of them were arrested, and weaponry was confiscated, according to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/WORLD\/meast\/05\/07\/syria.unrest\/index.html\">Syrian army storms coastal city<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Protests have raged for weeks across Syria, one of several outpourings in the Arab world by demonstrators demanding political freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Homs has been one of the cities where security forces of the Bashar al-Assad regime have clashed with peaceful protesters. The regime has said many of its security forces have died in violence it attributes to armed groups.<\/p>\n<p>The fighting continued again on Sunday when residents attempted to stop troops from entering two neighborhoods there and the soldiers opened fire, Abdul-Rahman said.<\/p>\n<p>The violence follows a day of mourning in Homs when thousands took to the streets in funeral processions for seven protesters killed there during the countrywide demonstrations on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces and army units were present along Homs&#8217; main thoroughfares and city gates but did not interfere in the funeral procession, according to a witness who did not want to be identified for security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>After the funerals, Homs was deserted with shops shuttered and people too frightened to leave their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations have broken out across provinces and cities in Syria since mid-March, with security forces relying heavily on the army and the regime&#8217;s guard to disperse demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>CNN has not been granted access into Syria and is unable to independently verify witness accounts.<\/p>\n<p>But CNN has spoken with witnesses, some of whom have posted homemade videos and reported what they see via social networking sites.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International said Friday that more than 540 people have been killed by Syrian security forces and that many activists in pro-reform protests &#8220;have been forced into hiding after receiving threats from Syrian authorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span id=\"medium_rectangle\" class=\"_fwph\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><span id=\"_fw_container_medium_rectangle_companion\" class=\"_fwac\"\/> <span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"_fw_container_medium_rectangle\" class=\"_fwac\"\/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"14.6795935297\">\n<div readability=\"3.83018867925\">\n<p>Part of complete coverage on<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Reza Sayah describes the most brutal theater in the war in Libya where every building he saw was damaged<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.09271523179\">\n<p>Mohamed Bouazizi couldn&#8217;t have known he would spark the &#8220;Arab spring,&#8221; but it&#8217;s tough to imagine he&#8217;d be disappointed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.31654676259\">\n<p>Two months ago, Massoud Ojeli was in college &#8212; but now he works at a secret makeshift weapons factory in Libya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"6.58156028369\">\n<p>Are you in the Middle East or North Africa? 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STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Syrian government says armed groups killed six security personnel A 12-year-old boy was killed, an activist said Protests in Syria have raged since mid-March Amnesty says security forces have killed hundreds (CNN) &#8212; A 12-year-old boy was killed on Sunday when Syrian soldiers fired at a crowd in the city of Homs, according to Rami Abdul-Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Abdul-Rahman, who is not in Syria but is in contact with activists and protesters there, said several people were killed and wounded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deadly clashes erupt in restive Syrian city - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/09\/deadly-clashes-erupt-in-restive-syrian-city\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Deadly clashes erupt in restive Syrian city - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Released by the Syrian Arab News Agency on Sunday, this photo shows a funeral procession for a Syrian police officer. 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