{"id":9801,"date":"2011-12-09T16:25:28","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/deadly-clashes-hit-syrian-cities\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T16:25:28","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:25:28","slug":"deadly-clashes-hit-syrian-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/deadly-clashes-hit-syrian-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly clashes hit Syrian cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>9 December 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>16:25 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/57240000\/jpg\/_57240974_57230490.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" alt=\"Video purportedly showing anti-government protest in Dail, near Deraa (9 December 2011)\" \/><span>Activists posted videos of protests across Syria, including in Dail, near Deraa<\/span><\/div>\n<p>At least 14 people have been killed in renewed anti-government protests across Syria, activists says.<\/p>\n<p>Nine of those killed were in the flashpoint city of Homs and two in Deraa, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.<\/p>\n<p>Another activist group, the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), put the death toll at more than 30.<\/p>\n<p>The UN estimates more than 4,000 people have died in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad since March.<\/p>\n<p>A number of pro-government demonstrations have also been reported across the country, including in the capital Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators regularly take to the streets following Friday prayers.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian observatory said nine civilians were killed in or around Homs, two in Deraa and one each in Idlib, Hama and Douma near Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>It said two of those killed in Homs were boys, aged 10 and twelve. Homs has emerged as the epicentre of the uprising.<\/p>\n<p>The LCC said 18 had died in Homs, five in Idlib, four in Hama, two in Deraa and three in the suburbs of Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>Activists in Deraa said telephone and internet lines had been cut.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/57239000\/jpg\/_57239115_013491685-1.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" alt=\"Pro-government rally in Damascus. 9 Dec 2011\" \/><span>Supporters of Syrian President Assad have also taken to the streets<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Syria severely restricts access to foreign media so reports of unrest cannot be verified.<\/p>\n<p><span>Pipeline attacked<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The violence comes a day after a major oil pipeline serving the Homs region was blown up.<\/p>\n<p>Activists accused Mr Assad&#8217;s government of deliberately destroying the pipeline, while state-run media blamed &#8220;an armed terrorist group&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition groups accuse the government of stoking up fears of religious extremism and terrorism to rally support behind Mr Assad.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare interview on Wednesday, Mr Assad told ABC News he had never ordered the brutal suppression of anti-government protesters.<\/p>\n<p>However, he faces growing international pressure to curb the bloodshed, with Turkey, the Arab League and the EU imposing sanctions on Syria.<\/p>\n<p>The Arab League is pressing for Syria to allow in foreign observers or face more sanctions.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 9 December 2011 Last updated at 16:25 GMT Activists posted videos of protests across Syria, including in Dail, near Deraa At least 14 people have been killed in renewed anti-government protests across Syria, activists says. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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