In this citizen journalism image taken on Saturday, June 16, 2012 and provided by Edlib News Network ENN, a Syrian woman holds a poster during a demonstration in the northern village of Hass, in Idlib province, Syria. (Edlib News Network, AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSyrian troops shelled several rebel strongholds overnight and on Saturday, including Douma in northern Damascus and the central city of Homs, with a watchdog reporting at least 36 people killed nationwide.<\/p>\n
Three women were among seven killed in the bombardment of the opposition bastion of Douma, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.<\/p>\n
The Local Coordination Committees (LCC), a grassroots network of activists, said regime forces have been shelling Douma for three days.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in Damascus province, five civilian men were killed in Saqaba, the Observatory said, adding that some of them had been \u201cslaughtered\u201d with knives.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis kind of killing has become common in recent weeks,\u201d Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told Agence France-Presse (AFP), adding that an independent investigation was needed.<\/p>\n
In the same region, a man, his wife and their child were killed when their house in the town of Irbin was hit by a shell, the Observatory said.<\/p>\n
It also reported that regime forces shot dead a man at a checkpoint in the Damascus province town of Al-Tal, while a student was shot dead on the outskirts of Ashrafiyet Sahnaya.<\/p>\n
Two others were killed during the night in Kfar Batna, also in Damascus province, while one woman died in Maadamiyat al-Sham in the same province.<\/p>\n
Shelling and shooting by regime forces over various districts of Homs city\u2014including Khalidiyeh, Bab Tadmur, Jourat al-Shiah and Safsafa\u2014killed five people, the Observatory said.<\/p>\n
It reported the Homs killings after warning that more than 1 000 families were besieged in several districts of the city, which have been pounded intermittently by regime forces for several months.<\/p>\n
Shelling and machinegun fire<\/strong>
In the province of Homs, five people were killed in the village of Farhaniyeh when regime forces bombed their area, the watchdog added.<\/p>\nElsewhere, the Observatory said, four regime troops were killed during the night, one in a blast in Damascus and three in clashes in rebel bastion Rastan in Homs province.<\/p>\n
Anti-regime activist Abu Rawan described the shelling of Rastan as \u201cinsane.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition, every car that enters or leaves the town gets shot at with heavy machinegun fire,\u201d he told AFP via Skype.<\/p>\n
In the southern province of Daraa, two rebel leaders were killed in clashes near a regime checkpoint.<\/p>\n
The Observatory said at least 100 people were arrested by regime forces in Damascus, while the LCC reported house-to-house raids and mass arrests in the central province of Hama, one of the first to join the anti-regime uprising.<\/p>\n
At least 54 people died in violence on Friday\u201443 civilians, eight regime troops and three rebel fighters, the watchdog said.<\/p>\n
According to the Observatory, more than 14 400 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s regime erupted in mid-March 2011.<\/p>\n
UN suspends mission<\/strong>
The Syrian foreign ministry said on Saturday it \u201cunderstands\u201d the decision of the UN observers\u2019 mission head to suspend work in the country, saying \u201cterrorist groups\u201d were threatening its members.<\/p>\n\u201cThe ministry understands the decisions taken by General Robert Mood, particularly those related to preserving the safety of observers,\u201d the official SANA news agency reported, referring to the head of the UN mission.<\/p>\n
The report said that the ministry was \u201cnotified\u201d on Friday night by General Mood of his decision to \u201ctemporarily reduce the work of observers because of what he called the escalation of violence targeting them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe armed terrorist groups have intensified their criminal operations, especially those against UN observers, and are threatening their lives\u201d since Syria agreed to the terms of international envoy Kofi Annan\u2019s peace plan, the ministry said.<\/p>\n
The government refers to rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s forces as \u201cterrorist groups.\u201d<\/p>\n
The foreign ministry accused Arab and international groups of \u201cproviding terrorists with sophisticated weapons and communication equipment to help commit their crimes and defy the United Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Saturday, General Mood in a statement announced the suspension of the UN mission.<\/p>\n
The unarmed UN observers have been targeted almost daily since deploying in mid-April to monitor a UN-backed but widely ignored ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Explaining his decision, General Mood spoke of an escalation in fighting and of the risk to his 300-strong team, as well as the \u201clack of willingness\u201d for peace by the warring parties.\u2014Sapa-AFP.<\/p>\n
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