Syrian security forces opened fire yesterday on hundreds of young people marched to Deraa, the southern city turned into the main stage protests against the regime of Bashar Assad. Hours earlier, also fired at those attending the funeral of the civilians killed at dawn on Wednesday in the assault on the Al Omari, the epicenter of the rebellion. There is confusion about the number of victims during the day. Human rights activists cited by France Presse's stood at 15 people in a dozen Efe and the lowered Reuters at least six people.
"The Security forces fired, bodies fallen there in the streets, "said a witness to the manifestation of young people heading to Deraa to show solidarity with those for a week departing daily to the streets to demand freedom and the end of corruption.
President al-Assad is a close ally of Iran, which has great influence in Lebanon, supports the party-militia Hezbollah and Hamas and will not tolerate the slightest internal opposition.
The reaction of President Assad, whose regime has minimized protests, was dismissed by Gov. Deraa, according to official news agency Sana reported. This was the charge of passing the official version of what happened in the mosque, an attack preceded by cutting electricity and mobile telephony. The authorities, according to Sana, blamed a "banda armada" of the death of four persons (witnesses cited by foreign agencies speak of at least six dead.) The regime said that stored weapons, ammunition and currency, which showed on television, in the mosque and had abducted children and then used as human shields. U.S.
alarmist statements and condemned the violence used by security forces against civilians in Deraa, according to the Department of State.
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